English noun: Cairo | |||
1. | Cairo (location) a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers | ||
Instance hypernym | town | ||
Part meronym | IL, Illinois, Land of Lincoln, Prairie State | ||
2. | Cairo (location) the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs | ||
Synonyms | Al Qahira, capital of Egypt, Egyptian capital, El Qahira | ||
Instance hypernym | national capital, port | ||
Part meronym | Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic | ||
Member holonym | Cairene | ||