Giza

American

[gee-zuh] / ˈgi zə /

Or Gizeh

noun

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

See El Gîza

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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

The 4,600-year-old boat was built during the reign of King Khufu, the pharaoh who also commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 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

A giant staircase is lined with the statues of other ancient kings and queens and on an upper floor a huge window offers a perfectly framed view of the Giza pyramids.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Anyone who traveled up the Mississippi in 1100 a.d. would have seen it looming in the distance: a four-level earthen mound bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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