Cairo

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


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Cairo

city in Egypt, from Arabic al-Kahira "the strong," the name given 973 C.E. to the new city built north of the old one, which was Egyptian khere-ohe, said to mean "place of combat" and to be in reference to a battle between the gods Seth and Horus that took place here. Related: Cairene.