Cairo
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Caherah, Al-Caherah (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (capital of Egypt) IPA(key): /ˈkaɪɹoʊ/
Audio (General American): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ
- Homophone: chiro
- (US towns and cities) IPA(key): /kɛɹoʊ/, /keɪɹoʊ/
Audio (General American): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Cairo
- The capital city of Egypt.
- A governorate of Egypt, containing the capital city.
- Several places in the United States:
- A city, the county seat of Grady County, Georgia.
- A city, the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Pratt County, Kansas.
- A village in Randolph County, Missouri.
- A village in Hall County, Nebraska.
- A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Greene County, New York.
- A village in Allen County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio.
- A small unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon.
- An unincorporated community in Crockett County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Tennessee.
- A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
- A community of the township of Dawn-Euphemia, Ontario, Canada.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]capital of Egypt — see also Fustat
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Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Cai‧ro
Proper noun
[edit]Cairo m
- Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
- Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]El Cairo m
Derived terms
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- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ق ه ر
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/aɪɹəʊ
- Rhymes:English/aɪɹəʊ/2 syllables
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Egypt
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in Egypt
- en:Governorates of Egypt
- en:Cities in Georgia, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:County seats of Georgia, USA
- en:Places in Georgia, USA
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- en:Cities in Illinois, USA
- en:County seats of Illinois, USA
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kansas, USA
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- en:Villages in Missouri, USA
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- en:Towns in New York, USA
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- en:Census-designated places in New York, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Villages in Ohio, USA
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Ohio, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Oregon, USA
- en:Places in Oregon, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Tennessee, USA
- en:Places in Tennessee, USA
- en:Towns in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Villages in Ontario
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- English heteronyms
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- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Cities in Egypt
- pt:National capitals
- pt:Places in Egypt
- pt:Governorates of Egypt
- Portuguese exonyms
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aiɾo
- Rhymes:Spanish/aiɾo/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Cities in Egypt
- es:National capitals
- es:Places in Egypt
- es:Governorates of Egypt
- Spanish exonyms