Cairo

See also: Cai-rô, cải rổ, and cairo

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ
• Homophone: chiro
• IPA^(key): /kɛɹoʊ/, /keɪɹoʊ/

Proper noun

Cairo

1. The capital of Egypt.
2. Any of several cities and towns in the United States.
   1. A city, the county seat of Grady County, Georgia.
   2. A city, the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois.

Derived terms

• Cairene

Translations

capital of Egypt

• Afrikaans: Kaïro
• Albanian: Kajro
• Amharic: ካይሮ (kayro)
• Arabic: اَلْقَاهِرَة (ar) f (al-qāhira)

  Egyptian Arabic: مصر f (maṣr), القاهرة f (el-qāhera)

• Armenian: Կահիրե (hy) (Kahire)
• Azerbaijani: Qahirə
• Basque: Kairo (eu)
• Belarusian: Каі́р m (Kaír)
• Bengali: কায়রো (kaẏorō)
• Breton: Kaero m
• Bulgarian: Кайро (Kajro)
• Burmese: ကိုင်ရိုမြို့ (kuing-rui-mrui.)
• Catalan: Caire (ca) m
• Chechen: Къахӏира (Qʼahira)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開羅／开罗 (zh) (Kāiluó), 开罗 (zh) (Kāiluó)

• Coptic: ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲏ (kahirē)
• Czech: Káhira (cs) f
• Danish: Kairo
• Dutch: Caïro (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kairo (eo)
• Estonian: Kairo (et)
• 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: קהיר (Kahīr)
• Hindi: क़ाहिरा (qāhirā), क़ैरो (qairo), काहिरा (kāhirā)
• Hungarian: Kairó (hu)
• Icelandic: Kaíró m
• Ido: Kairo
• Indonesian: Kairo
• Irish: Caireo m
• Italian: Il Cairo (it) f
• Japanese: カイロ (Kairo)
• Kashubian: Kairo m
• Kazakh: Каир (Kair)
• Korean: 카이로 (Kairo)
• Kurdish:
• Kyrgyz: Каир (Kair)
• Lak: Кьагьира (Qʼahira)
• Lao: ເລີແກ (lœ̄ kǣ)
• Latin: Cairus (la) f (Medieval Latin)
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• Latvian: Kaira f
• Lithuanian: Kairas m
• Macedonian: Каиро n (Kairo)
• Malay: Kaherah
• Malayalam: കെയ്റോ (keyṟō)
• Maltese: Il-Kajr
• Marathi: काइरो n (kāiro)
• Navajo: Kʼaiwo
• Nepali: काहिरा (kāhirā), काहिरो (kāhiro)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kairo m

  Nynorsk: Kairo m

• 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)
• Scottish Gaelic: Cairo m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Каиро m

  Roman: Kairo (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 (es) m
• Swedish: Kairo (sv)
• Tagalog: Cairo
• Tajik: Қоҳира (tg) (Qohira)
• Tamil: கெய்ரோ (keyrō)
• Telugu: కైరో (kairō)
• Thai: ไคโร (kai-roo)
• Turkish: Kahire (tr)
• Turkmen: Kahire
• Ukrainian: Каї́р m (Kajír)
• Urdu: قائرہ (qāirā), قاہرہ (qāhirā)
• Uyghur: قاھىرە (qahire)
• Uzbek: Qohira
• Vietnamese: Cairo
• Welsh: Cairo m
• West Frisian: Kairo
• Yiddish: קייראָ n (keyro)

Anagrams

• Coria, cario-, coria

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Cayro (obsolete)

Proper noun

Cairo m

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)