Giza

Or Gi·zeh

[gee-zuh]

noun

1. a city in northern Egypt: a suburb of Cairo across the Nile; the ancient Egyptian pyramids and the Sphinx are located nearby.

Giza

/ ˈɡiːzə /

noun

1. See El Gîza

Example Sentences

South Korean artist Jongkyu Park used the measurements of the Great Pyramid of Giza to create the geometric structures of his installation "Code of the Eternal".

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The museum, a monumental structure overlooking the Giza Plateau, contrasts sharply with the colonial-era, cramped Egyptian Museum in central Cairo.

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Elhamy al-Zayat, former head of the Egyptian Tourism Federation, told AFP the museum was part of a broader plan to transform the entire Giza Plateau.

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Near one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza - Egypt is officially opening what it intends as a cultural highlight of the modern age.

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The state-of-the-art complex -- dubbed the "fourth pyramid" of the Giza Plateau – houses around 100,000 artefacts from the 30 dynasties of ancient Egypt's pharaohs.

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