How do you use Cairo in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like town or port, plus the exact meaning.
Cairo meaning
- The capital city of Egypt.
- A governorate of Egypt, containing the capital city.
- Several places in the United States:
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Using Cairo
- The main meaning on this page is: The capital city of Egypt. | A governorate of Egypt, containing the capital city. | Several places in the United States:
- Useful related words include: town, al qahira, el qahira, egyptian capital.
- Possible Dutch translations are: caïro.
- In the example corpus, cairo often appears in combinations such as: in cairo, to cairo, cairo on.
Context around Cairo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 15 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cairo
- In this selection, "cairo" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, destroying, landmark, capital, airport, egypt and ill stand out and add context to how "cairo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include airport in cairo egypt july and by in cairo as his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cairo" sits close to words such as examiner, jaguars and lockdowns, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cairo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
CAIRO, Ill. — The Southern Medical Center in Cairo has been abandoned since 1986. (13 words)
Pollution Smog in Cairo Cairo is an expanding city, which has led to many environmental problems. (16 words)
Cairo with a sloppy comeback, rollup FTW (DUD) HotBody and Cairo fight after the bell as the show ends. (19 words)
Varble, Derek (2003) p. 53. British bombers based in Cyprus and Malta took off to Cairo with the aim of destroying Cairo airport, only to be personally ordered back by Eden when he learned that American civilians were being evacuated at Cairo airport. (43 words)
This picture taken on Aug. 24, 2022, from the landmark Cairo Tower shows a nighttime view of the Kasr al-Nile bridge connecting Tahrir Square (L) in the center of Egypt's capital Cairo to the island of Zamalek (R). (40 words)
CAIRO — An Egyptian actress is facing trial next month charged with public obscenity after she showed up at the closing ceremony of a film festival in Cairo wearing a see-through dress that revealed the entirety of her legs. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Varble, Derek (2003) p. 53. British bombers based in Cyprus and Malta took off to Cairo with the aim of destroying Cairo airport, only to be personally ordered back by Eden when he learned that American civilians were being evacuated at Cairo airport.
CAIRO (AP) — Leaders from Sudan’s seven neighboring countries agreed on Thursday in Cairo to a new Egyptian-led initiative seeking to resolve the deepening conflict in the African country.
CAIRO, Ill. — The Southern Medical Center in Cairo has been abandoned since 1986.
In addition to helping to facilitate transportation to Cairo by bus, "while in Cairo, Canada will provide accommodation, food and basic necessities to those who cross into Egypt," Global Affairs said in its statement to media.
This picture taken on Aug. 24, 2022, from the landmark Cairo Tower shows a nighttime view of the Kasr al-Nile bridge connecting Tahrir Square (L) in the center of Egypt's capital Cairo to the island of Zamalek (R).
CAIRO, 19 February (BelTA) – Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi presented an Egyptian sword as a gift to Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko during negotiations in Cairo on 19 February, BelTA has learned.
CAIRO: Libya’s internationally recognized government attempted new advances on Saturday against the forces of retreating eastern commander Khalifa Haftar, who stood by in Cairo as his ally, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, proposed a ceasefire.
Cairo, Sana- The Syrian team won the second position in the Arab Countries Academies Football Championship, which was kicked off last Thursday in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.
She studied Arabic at American University in Cairo and received a degree in sociology from Cairo University, after which she worked as an interpreter and later as a news anchor in 1979.
Cairo with a sloppy comeback, rollup FTW (DUD) HotBody and Cairo fight after the bell as the show ends.
Deutsche Lufthansa sign is seen in front of the airport terminal at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, July 21, 2019.
She grew up in Cairo, Egypt, earning her BSc and MSc in computer science at the American University in Cairo, and her Ph.
This includes the recent completion of Liquid Telecom’s award winning ‘Cape to Cairo’ network which represents the first direct land-based terrestrial fibre link from Cape Town to Cairo.
Boshi, 35, was reported missing in Cairo on October 10, after five armed men believed to be Egyptian security agents arrived at his apartment building and searched his apartment, witnesses in Cairo told Human Rights Watch.
CAIRO (AFP) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hosted his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir for talks in Cairo on Monday, with the pair.
CAIRO — An Egyptian actress is facing trial next month charged with public obscenity after she showed up at the closing ceremony of a film festival in Cairo wearing a see-through dress that revealed the entirety of her legs.
After the original opera house was destroyed, Cairo was without an opera house for nearly two decades until the opening of the new Cairo Opera House in 1988.
Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, p. 169. Today, al-Azhar University is the foremost center of Islamic learning in the world and one of Egypt's largest universities with campuses across the country.
Cairo would eventually become a centre of learning, with the library of Cairo containing hundreds of thousands of books.
Pollution Smog in Cairo Cairo is an expanding city, which has led to many environmental problems.
Common combinations with cairo
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in cairo 80×
- to cairo 15×
- cairo on 15×
- of cairo 15×
- cairo egypt 15×
- cairo and 12×
- from cairo 9×
- and cairo 9×
- cairo with 6×
- cairo to 6×