Cairo

See also: Cai-rô, cải rổ, and cairo

English

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):

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  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ
  • Homophone: chiro
• (US towns and cities) IPA^(key): /kɛɹoʊ/, /keɪɹoʊ/

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Proper noun

Cairo

2. The capital city of Egypt.
4. A governorate of Egypt, containing the capital city.
5. 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.
6. 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 (kaẏorō), কাহিরা (kahira)
• Breton: Kaero m
• Bulgarian: Ка́йро m (Kájro)
• Burmese: ကိုင်ရိုမြို့ (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/ [ˈkaɪ̯.ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.ɾu/ [ˈkaɪ̯.ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.ɾo/ [ˈkaɪ̯.ɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: Cai‧ro

Proper noun

Cairo m

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Derived terms

• cairota

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaiɾo/ [ˈkai̯.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aiɾo
• Syllabification: Cai‧ro

Proper noun

El Cairo m

1. Cairo (the capital of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Derived terms

• cairota