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Giza

American  
[gee-zuh] / ˈgi zə /
Or Gizeh

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 British  
/ ˈɡiːzə /

noun

  1. See El Gîza

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“Fantasy” resulted from his meditations within the pyramids of Giza and his claimed communications with aliens.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2026

Last year, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen presented a 1,476-piece Lego set of the Great Pyramid of Giza to his visibly delighted counterpart in Cairo.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

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".

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

Dutch outgoing prime minister Dick Schoof made the pledge to hand it back as he attended the opening of the archaeological Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza this weekend.

From BBC Nov. 2, 2025

“It’s a perfectly proportioned replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.”

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

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