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

Part of what drove her was a keen awareness that, as a member of the Cairene professional class, she enjoyed a freedom to dissent that was all but denied to Egypt’s poor and working class.

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

It would seem out of place in a Cairene street,— would it not?—even in the Rue de Rabagas,—was it not the Rue de Rabagas?'

From The Beetle by Marsh, Richard