CAPITAL OF EGYPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capital of Egypt mean? 

• CAPITAL OF EGYPT (noun)
  The noun CAPITAL OF EGYPT has 1 sense:

1. the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa, located near the ancient cities of Memphis (capital of the Pharaohs), Giza (the pyramids of Giza) and Fustat (the first capital of Egypt under Arab rule); a major port just south of the Nile delta

  Familiarity information: CAPITAL OF EGYPT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPITAL OF EGYPT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa, located near the ancient cities of Memphis (capital of the Pharaohs), Giza (the pyramids of Giza) and Fustat (the first capital of Egypt under Arab rule); a major port just south of the Nile delta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Al Qahira; Cairo; capital of Egypt; Egyptian capital; El Qahira

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Meronyms (members of "capital of Egypt"):

Cairene (a native or inhabitant of Cairo)

Holonyms ("capital of Egypt" is a part of...):

Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)