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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. 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) Arabic nameEl Qahiraɛl ˈkahiːrɔ
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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 .


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Notes

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.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈCairene, nounadjective
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Example Sentences

Ikram is an Egyptologist at American University in Cairo, Egypt.

Uber introduced Hafez to its staff in Cairo so her connection with the company can extend locally beyond the mentorship period, too.

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Magdy was arrested in November 2019 for her coverage of immigration and human rights in Cairo.

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Collaborators in Manila and Mumbai adapted a program invented in Cairo where workers sorted through refuse for materials they could convert into sellable art and craft objects.

Magdy’s arrest stemmed from freelance coverage of immigration and human rights in Cairo.

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Cairo should have listened to Amal Clooney last year when she recommended judicial reforms.

Unlike Brunner, Remer was itinerant, and spent much time in that other nest of postwar Nazis—Cairo.

I arrived in Canada after escaping Saudi Arabia via Cairo and Beirut.

Recently in Cairo I sat at a dinner party next to an elderly Islamic businessman.

Israeli and Palestinian delegations—which include Hamas representatives—are scheduled to meet in Cairo Tuesday as well.

She was invariably tired now, Tom soon discovered—until Tony returned from Cairo.

Bills, a communication from his agent at Etchingham, a note from his man of affairs in Cairo, and—hullo!

His mind had begun to work, too; the evening train from Cairo, he remembered, was not due for an hour or more yet.

No question had been asked about his going to Cairo; it was taken for granted that he went on business and would return.

Assouan detained us for four days; then, time being important, we travelled back to Cairo by railway.

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