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

Example Sentences

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

With Laila a tenured professor at Cairo University and Ahmed now a lawyer, the couple had the opportunity to carve out a comfortable existence for themselves among the Cairene elite.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2016

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

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2015

Its background, too, Antilebanon, is unsatisfactory, humpy and without power of character or beauty of line, such as makes the Red Mountains on the skirt of the Cairene desert so delightful.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell