Mahalla el Kubra

American

[muh-hal-uh el koo-bruh] / məˈhæl ə ɛl ˈku brə /

noun

a city in Egypt, on the Nile delta.

Mahalla el Kubra British

/ məˈhɑːlə ɛl ˈkuːbrə /

noun

a city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: one of the largest diversified textile centres in Egypt. Pop: 433 000 (2005 est)

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El Mahalla El Kubra, or Mahalla, as it's more widely known, is Egypt's textile capital.

From BBC

About 200 protested in Mahalla el Kubra, where there were riots in 2008 over subsidized bread shortages and high prices.

From Reuters

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