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They were known in ancient Egypt as Mau (Or some variation of this) meaning he or she who mews.

Of course these days the people of Egypt speak Arabic, and the Arabic word for cat is something like qitta.

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in the Egyptian accent " slang ", it's " otta".

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it's called "Ketta" for single cat "Kettat" for many cats

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