Tahrir Square

British  

/ tæˈɾiːɾ /

noun

1. a large square in central Cairo, in Egypt. The name, meaning ‘liberation’, was used informally after the 1919 revolution and then officially after the 1952 revolution. Scene of mass demonstrations in 2011 against the government of president Hosni Mubarak.

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Example Sentences

He was a familiar face in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the focal point of the demonstrations, and he gave voice to the protesters' demands.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

In his first special in nearly 15 years, Ahmed filmed “It Only Takes One of Us” at the American University in Cairo, a former palace in Tahrir Square, site of 2011’s Arab Spring protests.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

In Baghdad, tens of thousands gathered in Tahrir Square in the center of Iraq’s capital for protests called by the influential Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2023

So you have a lot of discontented youth, and that provided the raw force driving Tahrir Square and other disturbances.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023

The large pro-democracy movement in Cairo’s Tahrir Square captured the world’s attention in 2011, for example.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022