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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)