Cairo

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See also: Cai-rô, cải rổ, and cairo

English

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Cairo

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Cairo (disambiguation)

Alternative forms

Caherah, Al-Caherah (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira)

Pronunciation

(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

Cairo

The capital city of Egypt.
A governorate of Egypt, containing the capital city.
Several places in the United States:
1. A city, the county seat of Grady County, Georgia.
2. A city, the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois.
3. An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
4. An unincorporated community in Pratt County, Kansas.
5. A village in Randolph County, Missouri.
6. A village in Hall County, Nebraska.
7. A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Greene County, New York.
8. A village in Allen County, Ohio.
9. An unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio.
10. A small unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.
11. An unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon.
12. An unincorporated community in Crockett County, Tennessee.
13. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Tennessee.
14. A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
A community of the township of Dawn-Euphemia, Ontario, Canada.

Synonyms

(capital of Egypt): Fustat, Fostat (historical)

Derived terms

Grand Cairo

Related terms

Cairene

Translations

capital of Egypt — see also Fustat

Abkhaz: Ҟаир (Qʼajr)
Afrikaans: Kaïro
Akan: Kairo
Albanian: Kajro
Amharic: ካይሮ (kayro)
Arabic: الْقَاهِرَة (ar) f (al-qāhira)
Egyptian Arabic: مصر f (maṣr), القاهره f (el-qāhera)
Armenian: Կահիրե (hy) (Kahire)
Azerbaijani: Qahirə
Basque: Kairo (eu)
Belarusian: Каі́р m (Kaír)
Bengali: কায়রো (bn) (kaẏorō), কাহিরা (kahira)
Breton: Kaero m
Bulgarian: Ка́йро m (Kájro)
Burmese: ကိုင်ရို မြို့ (kuing-ruimrui.)
Catalan: Caire (ca) m
Chechen: Къахӏира (Qʼahira)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 開羅 / 开罗 (hoi¹ lo⁴)

Mandarin: 開羅 / 开罗 (zh) (Kāiluó)
Coptic: ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ f (tikešrōmi)
Corsican: U Cairu m
Czech: Káhira (cs) f
Danish: Kairo n
Dutch: Caïro (nl) n
Esperanto: Kairo (eo)
Estonian: Kairo (et)
Farefare: Kairo
Faroese: Kairo
Finnish: Kairo (fi)
French: Le Caire (fr) m
Middle French: Caire
Georgian: კაირო (ka) (ḳairo)
German: Kairo (de)
Greek: Κάιρο (el) n (Káiro)
Hausa: Alƙahira
Hebrew: קָהִיר (he) f (kahír)
Hindi: क़ाहिरा m (qāhirā), क़ैरो m (qairo), काहिरा m (kāhirā)
Hungarian: Kairó (hu)
Icelandic: Kaíró m
Ido: Kairo
Indonesian: Kairo
Irish: Caireo m
Italian: Il Cairo (it) m
Japanese: カイロ (ja) (Kairo)
Kannada: ಕೈರೋ (kairō)
Kashubian: Kairo m
Kazakh: Каир (Kair)
Khmer: កៃរ៉ូ (kayrou), គែរ (km) (kɛɛ)
Korean: 카이로 (ko) (Kairo), 까히라 (ko) (Kkahira) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: قاھیرە (qahîre)

Northern Kurdish: Qahîre (ku)
Kyrgyz: Каир (Kair)
Lak: Кьагьира (Qʼahira)
Lao: ເລີແກ (lœ̄ kǣ)
Latin: Cāirus (la) m (Medieval Latin), Cāhĕre
Latvian: Kaira f
Lithuanian: Kairas m
Macedonian: Каиро m (Kairo)
Malay: Kaherah
Malayalam: കെയ്റോ (keyṟō)
Maltese: Il-Kajr
Marathi: काइरो n (kāiro)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Каир (Kair)
Navajo: Kʼaiwo
Nepali: काहिरा (kāhirā), काहिरो (kāhiro)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Kairo (no) m

Nynorsk: Kairo m
Ottoman Turkish: قاهره (Kahire)
Pashto: قاهره f (qāherá)
Persian: قاهره (fa) (qâhere)
Polish: Kair (pl) m
Portuguese: Cairo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕਾਹਿਰਾ (kāhirā)
Romanian: Cairo (ro) m
Romansch: Cairo m
Russian: Каи́р (ru) m (Kaír)
Sardinian: Su Càiru m, Càiru m
Scots: Cairo
Scottish Gaelic: Cairo m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ка̀иро m

Roman: Kàiro (sh) m
Sicilian: Lu Cairu m
Slovak: Káhira f
Slovene: Kairo (sl) m
Somali: Qaahiro
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Kairo m

Upper Sorbian: Kairo m
Spanish: El Cairo m
Swahili: Kairo
Swedish: Kairo (sv) n
Tagalog: Cairo
Tajik: Қоҳира (tg) (Qohira)
Tamil: கெய்ரோ (keyrō)
Telugu: కైరో (kairō)
Thai: ไคโร (kai-roo)
Turkish: Kahire (tr)
Turkmen: Kahire
Ukrainian: Каї́р (uk) m (Kajír)
Urdu: قاہرہ m (qāhira)
Uyghur: قاھىرە (qahire)
Uzbek: Qohira (uz)
Vietnamese: Cai-rô, Kê (thành), 垓鮋
Welsh: Cairo m
West Frisian: Kairo n
Yiddish: קייראָ n (keyro)
Zhuang: Gaihloz

Anagrams

Arico, Coria, cario-, coria

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Cayro (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.ɾu/

Hyphenation: Cai‧ro

Proper noun

Cairo m

Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Derived terms

cairota

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaiɾo/
Rhymes: -aiɾo
Syllabification: Cai‧ro

Proper noun

El Cairo m

Cairo (the capital of Egypt)
Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Derived terms

cairota

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