Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Egypt, in the northeast part of the country on the Nile River. Old Cairo was built c. 642 as a military camp; the new city was founded c. 968 by the Fatimid dynasty and reached its greatest prosperity under the Mameluke sultans (13th–16th century).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Geography) The capital city of Egypt. It is the largest city in Africa. Population (2000) = 7,010,000.
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- proper noun The capital of
Egypt . - proper noun Any of several cities and towns in the
United States .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
- noun a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
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Examples
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CAIRO — None of the alarms and only seven out of 43 surveillance cameras were working at a Cairo museum where a Vincent van Gogh painting was stolen, Egypt's top prosecutor said Sunday.
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CAIRO — None of the alarms and only seven out of 43 surveillance cameras were working at a Cairo museum where a Vincent van Gogh painting was stolen, Egypt's top prosecutor said Sunday.
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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CAIRO BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): The man who would be president in Egypt in the defendant's cage in a Cairo courthouse.
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CAIRO - The presidents of Algeria and Egypt, whose governments have been under attack by Islamic militants, ended talks in Cairo with a denunciation of terrorism.
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CAIRO - Sudanese authorities barred two Egyptian irrigation experts from entering Khartoum and sent them back to Cairo on the same plane.
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CAIRO - Two Sudanese diplomats expelled by Egypt left Cairo for
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CAIRO - Sudan has complained about Egypt to the U.N. Security Council, accusing Cairo of sending troops south of the 22nd Parallel and avoiding talks on a peaceful settlement.
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CAIRO - A group of Islamist lawyers said they have gone to court to block what they call a sinful U.N. population conference from being held in Cairo next month.
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CAIRO - Police in Cairo have arrested 300 suspected
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CAIRO - More than 1,000 police commandos swept through Moslem militant hideouts in southern Cairo in the biggest operation this year.
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