Cairo (n.)

  1. a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

    [ Syn: cairo ]

  2. the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs

    [ Syn: cairo , al qahira , el qahira , egyptian capital , capital of egypt ]

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