Cairene

American  

[kahy-reen, kahy-reen] / ˈkaɪ rin, kaɪˈrin /

adjective

1. (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.

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noun

1. a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.

Etymology

Origin of Cairene

First recorded in 1835–45; Cair(o) + -ene

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Example Sentences

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Cairene

Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, begins at the end of this week and promises this year to be the strangest experienced by any Cairene, not to mention 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2020

Today, most Cairene children who are solidly middle or upper class are educated primarily in English or French, at private schools.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017

Among the growing Cairene middle class, it quickly went from being socially unacceptable to educate one’s daughter to being socially unacceptable not to do so.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2017

We switch off between the server from Northwest China’s formal Arabic and our Cairene dialect.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2015

When the Turks came in against us, and the ex-Khedive, safe among his new-found friends, threw off the mask, the Cairene effendis became tremendously active.

From Pan-Islam by G. Wyman (George Wyman) Bury

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