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Definition of Capital of Egypt
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Port, National Capital
Group relationships: Arab Republic Of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic
Member holonyms: Cairene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capital Of Egypt
Literary usage of Capital of Egypt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Egypt Under the Pharaohs: A History Derived Entirely from the Monuments by Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1891)
"The city of Sais, at this period the capital of Egypt, in whose temples the
goddess Nit was invoked, stood near the sea, and was easily accessible to the ..."
2. The Redemption of Egypt by William Basil Worsfold (1899)
"... CAIRO First impression of Cairo—Two Cairos—Mediaeval and European—It occupies
natural site for capital of Egypt—Memphis—Herodotus'account of Memphis, r. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... describing the capital of Egypt, quotes from a work of Ibn Sa'id (c. 1250 AD),
who again cites an older author ..."
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