El Giza

or El Gi·zeh

[ el gee-zuh ]

/ ɛl ˈgi zə /

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noun

another name for Giza.

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Words nearby El Giza

El Fostat, elf owl, Elgar, Elgin, Elgin marbles, El Giza, Elgon, El Greco, El Hasa, elhi, Eli

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How to use El Giza in a sentence

El Bulli, for instance, previously named the best restaurant in the world, shuttered its doors after only a few decades.
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But the site has seen little of the decimation from heavy tourism that has plagued the northern pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
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In 2010, La Rana Dorada followed in Istmo's footsteps and opened a brewpub in the neighborhood of El Congrejo.
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So, Schmidt followed the gold rush to the El Paso mountains and claimed an area of mining land.
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“We are happy, as happy as before,” she said, according to El País.
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Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
El Imparcial maintained that he was worthy of being honoured as a 19th century conquering hero.
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There is always in the background of my mind dread lest help should reach the enemy before we have done with Sedd-el-Bahr.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
However, even that may come to pass in the struggle for "el high life," of which some of the Spanish writers complain so bitterly.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
If they do so now it is an instance of the race for "el high life," of which the writer quoted above complains.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street

British Dictionary definitions for El Giza

El Gîza

Giza

/ (ɛl ˈɡiːzə) /

noun

a city in NE Egypt, on the W bank of the Nile opposite Cairo: nearby are the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) and the Sphinx. Pop: 2 221 868 (1996)

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