Grand Cairo
English
Proper noun
Grand
Cairo
(
obsolete
)
Synonym of
Cairo
, the
capital
of
Egypt
.
1771
,
Encyclopaedia Britannica
, 1st ed.
, Vol. II, p. 7:
CAHERAH
, or
Al-caherah
, the capital of Egypt, which we call
Grand Cairo
...
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