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Definition of Cairo

1. Noun. A town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

2. Noun. The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs.

Definition of Cairo

1. Proper noun. The capital of Egypt. ¹

2. Proper noun. Any of several cities and towns in the United States. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cairo

Cahita Caiman lizard Caiman lizards Caiman sclerops Cain Cain complex Cainamero Cainameros Cairbre Nia Fer Cairene

Cairina Cairina moschata Cairngorms Cairns Cairns mechanism Cairo (current term) Caitlin Caitlyn Caitra Cajal's astrocyte stain

Cajal's cell Cajanus Cajanus cajan Cajetan Cajun Cajun English Cajun French Cajuns Cakchiquel Cakile

Literary usage of Cairo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Egypt by Eva Ambros (2001)
"MEDITERRANEAN SEA Mini **Cairo "The Mother of all Cities" - that is how the famous Arab traveler Ibn Battuta described Cairo in the 14th century - a ..."

2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... abandon the palace of the grand vizier, which he before had occupied at Cairo. ... to the open air at Cairo, became putrid in twenty- four hours, while, ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"It is the university, and its Liwan or prayer chamber is the largest in Cairo, there being 380 columna carrying its roof. and 69 ft. wide, a greater span ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"A rebellion at Cairo [1798 years afterwards by means of the trilingual Rosetta Stone unearthed by Menou, which fell into British hands in 1801. ..."

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