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Cairo
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Cai-rô cải rổ cairo
English
<dab!>
Alternative forms
en Caherah, en Al-Caherah obsolete
Etymology
en :bor it:Il Cairo
Borrowed from en it Il Cairo, from en ar الْقَاهِرَة
en ar ق ه ر
Pronunciation
en /ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ/ capital of Egypt
en en-us-Cairo 1.mp3 GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cairo.wav Southern England
en aɪɹəʊ 2
en chiro
en /kɛɹ.oʊ/ /keɪ.ɹoʊ/ US towns and cities
en en-us-Cairo 2.mp3 GA
Proper noun
en Q85en capital city c/Egypt.
en Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011 w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/31/world/meast/syria-unrest 2011-12-31 Representatives of the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria signed an agreement late Friday in Cairo for a transition in a post-Assad era, the NCB said on its Facebook page. https://web.archive.org/web/20251113145925/https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/31/world/meast/syria-unrest 13 November 2025
en Q30805en governorate c/Egypt, containing the capital city.
en metonym The Egyptian government.
en 4 October 2026 Teklemariam Bekit Jack Burgess Ethiopian rebel forces withdraw from Tigray regional capital https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm249v07j4xo BBC News Ethiopia has also accused Egypt of supporting the rebels, leading to the expulsion of an Egyptian diplomat, which Cairo responded to by ordering an Ethiopian embassy official to leave within the same period. 4 October 2026
Several places in the United States:
en city/county seat co/Grady County s/Georgia.
en city/county seat co/Alexander County s/Illinois.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Tippecanoe co/Tippecanoe County s/Indiana.
en ucomm co/Pratt County s/Kansas.
en village co/Randolph County s/Missouri.
en village co/Hall County s/Nebraska.
en town/hamlet/and/CDP co/Greene County s/New York. TopoZone: Cairo, New York
en village co/Allen County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Stark County s/Ohio.
en small ucomm co/Coal County s/Oklahoma.
en ucomm co/Malheur County s/Oregon.
en ucomm co/Crockett County s/Tennessee.
en ucomm co/Sumner County s/Tennessee.
en town co/Ritchie County s/West Virginia.
en comm twp:pref/Dawn-Euphemia p/Ontario c/Canada.
Synonyms
capital of Egypt en Fustat, en Fostat historical
Derived terms
en Grand Cairo
Related terms
en Cairene
Translations
capital of Egypt Fustat
Abkhaz: ab Ҟаир
Afrikaans: af Kaïro
Akan: ak Kairo
Albanian: sq Kajro
Amharic: am ካይሮ
Arabic: ar الْقَاهِرَة f
Egyptian Arabic: arz مصر f maṣr, arz القاهره f el-qāhera
Armenian: hy Կահիրե
Asturian: ast El Cairu
Azerbaijani: az Qahirə
Basque: eu Kairo
Belarusian: be Каі́р m
Bengali: bn কায়রো, bn কাহিরা
Breton: br Kaero m
Bulgarian: bg Ка́йро m
Burmese: my ကိုင်ရိုမြို့
Catalan: ca Caire m
Chechen: ce Къахӏира
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 開羅 hoi1 lo4
Dungan: dng Кахирә
Mandarin: cmn 開羅 Kāiluó
Coptic: cop ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ f, cop ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ f, cop ⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ f, cop ⲭⲏⲙⲓ f, cop Ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲏ f, cop Ⲕⲁⲓⲣⲟⲛ f, cop Ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲁ f, cop Ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲟⲥ f, cop Ⲉⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ f, cop ⲱⲛ f, cop Ⲙⲓⲥⲧⲣⲁⲙ f, cop Ⲛⲓⲥⲧⲣⲁⲙ f
Corsican: co U Cairu m
Czech: cs Káhira f
Danish: da Kairo n
Dutch: nl Caïro n
Esperanto: eo Kairo
Estonian: et Kairo
Farefare: gur Kairo
Faroese: fo Kairo
Finnish: fi Kairo
French: fr Le Caire m
Middle French: frm Caire
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Kairo n
Fur: fvr Kaira
Georgian: ka კაირო
German: de Kairo
Greek: el Κάιρο n, el Ἡλιούπολις n
Hausa: ha Alƙahira
Hebrew: he קָהִיר f kahír
Hindi: hi क़ाहिरा m
Hungarian: hu Kairó
Icelandic: is Kaíró m
Ido: io Kairo
Indonesian: id Kairo
Irish: ga Caireo m
Italian: it Il Cairo m
Japanese: ja カイロ Kairo
Kannada: kn ಕೈರೋ
Kashubian: csb Kairo m
Kazakh: kk Каир
Khmer: km កៃរ៉ូ, km គែរ
Korean: ko ^카이로, ko ^까히라 North Korea
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb قاھیرە
Northern Kurdish: kmr Qahîre
Kyrgyz: ky Каир
Lak: lbe Кьагьира
Lao: lo ເລີແກ
Latin: la Cāirus m Medieval Latin, la Cāhĕre
Latvian: lv Kaira f
Lithuanian: lt Kairas m
Macedonian: mk Каиро m
Malay: ms Kaherah
Malayalam: ml കെയ്റോ
Maltese: mt Kajr Il-Kajr
Marathi: mr काइरो n
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Каир
Nepali: ne काहिरा, ne काहिरो
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Kairo m
Nynorsk: nn Kairo m
Pashto: ps قاهره f qāherá
Persian: fa قاهره qâhere
Polish: pl Kair m
Portuguese: pt Cairo m
Punjabi: pa ਕਾਹਿਰਾ
Romanian: ro Cairo m
Romansh: rm Cairo m
Russian: ru Каи́р m
Sardinian: sc Su Càiru m, sc Càiru m
Scots: sco Cairo
Scottish Gaelic: gd Cairo m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ка̀иро m
Latin: sh Kàiro m
Sicilian: scn Lu Cairu m
Slovak: sk Káhira f
Slovene: sl Kairo m
Somali: so Qaahiro
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Kairo m
Upper Sorbian: hsb Kairo m
Spanish: es El Cairo m
Swahili: sw Kairo
Swedish: sv Kairo n
Tagalog: tl Cairo
Tajik: tg Қоҳира
Tamil: ta கெய்ரோ
Tatar: tt Каһирә
Telugu: te కైరో
Thai: th ไคโร
Turkish: tr Kahire
Ottoman Turkish: ota قاهره Kahire
Turkmen: tk Kahire
Ukrainian: uk Каї́р m
Urdu: ur قاہرہ m qāhira
Uyghur: ug قاھىرە
Uzbek: uz Qohira
Vietnamese: vi Cai-rô, vi Kê Kê (thành), vi 垓鮋
Welsh: cy Cairo m
Wolaytta: wal Kayro
Yiddish: yi קייראָ n
Zhuang: za Gaihloz
See also
en Cairo Montenotte
en San Giuseppe di Cairo
References
Anagrams
en acior Arico Coria cario- coria
en heteronyms exonyms
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
roa-opt :der ar:الْقَاهِرَة
Ultimately from roa-opt ar الْقَاهِرَة.
Proper noun
m
roa-opt hapax roa-opt capital city sultanate:the/Mamluk Sultanate region/North Africa
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Descendants
gl Cairo
pt Cairo
roa-opt exonyms
Portuguese
pt:
Alternative forms
pt Cayro obsolete
Etymology
pt :inh roa-opt:Cairo
pt roa-opt Cairo, ultimately from pt ar الْقَاهِرَة.
Pronunciation
pt ajɾu 3
pt Cai ro
Proper noun
m cairota
pt Cairo Q85,Q30805
pt exonyms
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m El Cairo
es capital c/Egypt Cairo
es governorate c/Egypt Cairo
Derived terms
es cairota
es exonyms