English Explanatory Dictionary

Cairo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of Egypt.
  2. A governorate of Egypt, containing the capital city.
  3. Several places in the United States:
  4. A city, the county seat of Grady County, Georgia.
  5. A city, the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois.
  6. An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
  7. An unincorporated community in Pratt County, Kansas.
  8. A village in Randolph County, Missouri.
  9. A village in Hall County, Nebraska.
  10. A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Greene County, New York.
  11. A village in Allen County, Ohio.
  12. An unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio.

Pronunciation

/ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ/ en-us-Cairo 1.mp3 LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cairo.wav /kɛɹ.oʊ/ /keɪ.ɹoʊ/ en-us-Cairo 2.mp3

Word forms

Cairo Caherah Al-Caherah

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira)

Synonyms

Fustat Fostat

Related words

Cairene Cairo Montenotte San Giuseppe di Cairo

Derived words

Grand Cairo

Translations

Abkhaz: Ҟаир Afrikaans: Kaïro Akan: Kairo Albanian: Kajro Amharic: ካይሮ Arabic: الْقَاهِرَة Arabic: مصر Arabic: القاهره Armenian: Կահիրե Asturian: El Cairu Azerbaijani: Qahirə Basque: Kairo Belarusian: Каі́р Bengali: কায়রো Bengali: কাহিরা Breton: Kaero Bulgarian: Ка́йро Burmese: ကိုင်ရိုမြို့ Catalan: Caire Chechen: Къахӏира Chinese Cantonese: 開羅 /开罗 Chinese: Кахирә Chinese Mandarin: 開羅 /开罗 Coptic: ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ Coptic: ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ Coptic: ⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ Coptic: ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Coptic: Ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲏ Coptic: Ⲕⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ Coptic: Ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲁ Coptic: Ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲟⲥ Coptic: Ⲉⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ Coptic: ⲱⲛ Coptic: Ⲙⲓⲥⲧⲣⲁⲙ Coptic: Ⲛⲓⲥⲧⲣⲁⲙ Corsican: U Cairu Czech: Káhira Danish: Kairo Dutch: Caïro Esperanto: Kairo Estonian: Kairo Farefare: Kairo Faroese: Kairo Finnish: Kairo French: Le Caire Middle French: Caire West-Frisian: Kairo Fur: Kaira Georgian: კაირო German: Kairo Greek: Κάιρο Greek: Ἡλιούπολις Hausa: Alƙahira Hebrew: קָהִיר Hindi: क़ाहिरा
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