Giza

American

[gee-zuh] / ˈgi zə /

Or Gizeh

noun

a city in northern Egypt: a suburb of Cairo across the Nile; the ancient Egyptian pyramids and the Sphinx are located nearby.

Giza British

/ ˈɡiːzə /

noun

See El Gîza

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Last year, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen presented a 1,476-piece Lego set of the Great Pyramid of Giza to his visibly delighted counterpart in Cairo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The museum also houses a second solar boat from the same era, discovered in significantly better archaeological condition and previously exhibited next to the pyramids of Giza.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Dutch outgoing prime minister Dick Schoof made the pledge to hand it back as he attended the opening of the archaeological Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza this weekend.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

Near one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza - Egypt is officially opening what it intends as a cultural highlight of the modern age.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

To hold up ten stories of stone and brick, however, the pyramids would have to be immense, the basement transformed into a Giza of stone.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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