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Cairo definition

Cai·ro (kī′rō; for 2 ker′ō)

  1. capital of Egypt, at the head of the Nile delta: pop. 7,109,000
  2. city in S Ill., at the confluence of the Ohio & Mississippi rivers: pop. 3,600

    Etymology: after the capital of Egypt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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