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2024
Cairo
Cairo
See also:
Cai-rô
and
cải rổ
English
Proper noun
Cairo
The capital of
Egypt
.
Any of several cities and towns in the
United States
.
Derived terms
Cairene
Translations
capital of Egypt
Albanian:
Kajro
Arabic:
اَلْقَاهِرَة
(ar)
f
(
al-qāhira
)
Egyptian Arabic:
مصر
f
(
maSr
)
,
القاهرة
f
(
el qahera
)
Armenian:
Կահիրե
(
Kahire
)
Bengali:
কায়রো
(
kayôro
)
Bulgarian:
Кайро
(
Kajro
)
Catalan:
Caire
(ca)
m
Chechen:
Къахӏира
(
Q̇ahira
)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
開羅
(zh)
,
开罗
(zh)
(
Kāiluó
)
Czech:
Káhira
(cs)
f
Danish:
Kairo
Dutch:
Caïro
(nl)
n
Esperanto:
Kairo
Estonian:
Kairo
(et)
Faroese:
Kairo
Finnish:
Kairo
(fi)
French:
Le Caire
(fr)
m
Middle French:
Caire
Georgian:
კაირო
(
ḳairo
)
German:
Kairo
(de)
Greek:
Κάιρο
(el)
n
(
Káiro
)
Hebrew:
קהיר
(
Kahīr
)
Hindi:
क़ाहिरा
(
Qāhirā
)
,
क़ैरो
(
Qéro
)
Hungarian:
Kairó
(hu)
Italian:
Il Cairo
f
[
sic
]
Japanese:
カイロ
(
Kairo
)
Korean:
카이로
(
Kairo
)
Kurdish:
Qahîre
(ku)
Lak:
Кьагьира
(
Q̇ahira
)
Lao:
ເລີແກ
(
lœ̄ kǣ
)
Latin:
Cairus
(la)
f
(
Medieval Latin
)
Latvian:
Kaira
f
Lithuanian:
Kairas
m
Macedonian:
Каиро
n
(
Kairo
)
Malay:
Kaherah
Maltese:
Il-Kajr
Marathi:
काइरो
n
(
kāiro
)
Navajo:
Kʼaiwo
Nepali:
काहिरा
(
Kāhirā
)
,
काहिरो
(
Kāhiro
)
Norwegian:
Kairo
Persian:
قاهره
(fa)
(
Qâhere
)
Polish:
Kair
(pl)
m
Portuguese:
Cairo
(pt)
m
Russian:
Каи́р
(ru)
m
(
Kaír
)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:
Каиро
m
Roman:
Kairo
(sh)
m
Sicilian:
Lu Cairu
m
Spanish:
El Cairo
(es)
m
Swedish:
Kairo
(sv)
Telugu:
కైరో
(
kairō
)
Thai:
ไคโ
(
Khairō
)
Turkish:
Kahire
(tr)
Ukrainian:
Каї́р
m
(
Kajír
)
Urdu:
قائرہ
(
Qāyra
)
,
قاہرہ
(
Qāhira
)
Anagrams
coria
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Cayro
(
obsolete
)
Proper noun
Cairo
m
Cairo
(the capital city of
Egypt
)
Etymology
From
Italian
Il Cairo
, from
Arabic
اَلْقَاهِرَةُ
(
al-qāhiratu
)
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈkaɪɹoʊ/
(
capital of Egypt
)
Rhymes:
-aɪɹəʊ
(
capital of Egypt
)
Homophone:
chiro
(
capital of Egypt
)
IPA
(key)
:
/kɛɹoʊ/
,
/keɪɹoʊ/
(
US towns and cities
)
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