Cairo

[kahy-roh]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.

Cairo

/ ˈkaɪrəʊ /

noun

1. Arabic name: El Qahira. the capital of Egypt, on the Nile: the largest city in Africa and in the Middle East; industrial centre; site of the university and mosque of Al Azhar (founded in 972). Pop: 11 146 000 (2005 est)

Cairo

1. The capital of Egypt (see also Egypt) and largest city in the country; a major port just south of the Nile Delta in the northeast corner of Africa.

Cairo, the historical center of Egyptian power, was the home of the pharaohs. The pyramids and the Sphinx are located nearby in suburban Giza, also known as Al Jizah.

Other Word Forms

• Cairene noun

Example Sentences

He would be released from Wadi al-Natrun prison, north-west of Cairo, once the pardon was published in the official gazette, he added.

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A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo was stolen and melted down, Egypt's interior ministry says.

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The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East.

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Tensions between Athens and Cairo flared up after an Egyptian court ruled in May that St Catherine's - the world's oldest continuously used Christian monastery - lies on state land.

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The Athletic reported two men had been arrested in El-Sheikh Zaid, near Egypt's capital Cairo, by police on suspicion of copyright infringement.

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