Cairo

American  

[kahy-roh] / ˈkaɪ roʊ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.

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Cairo British  

/ ˈkaɪrəʊ /

noun

1. Arabic name: El Qahira.  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)

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Cairo Cultural  

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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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.

Other Word Forms

• Cairene
  noun

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Cairo

Don Omar first flew to Cairo in 2006 to meet Hakim and begin recording “Tigi Tigi.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Eman el-Shazly, 45, from Handsworth Wood, was taken from her mother's house in Cairo in the early hours of Monday 17 August.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

After Israel’s surprise attack on Syria and Egypt in October 1973, Kissinger spent nearly two years on “shuttle diplomacy,” flying back and forth between Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem in search of a lasting peace deal.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Meanwhile Egypt has been at loggerheads with Ethiopia since the construction of a massive dam on the Nile, which Cairo views as an "existential threat".

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

We had a few hours’ layover before we would take another plane to Cairo.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey