Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cairo

2 senses of cairo

Sense 1
Cairo -- (a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 2
Cairo, Al Qahira, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> national capital -- (the capital city of a nation)
       INSTANCE OF=> port -- (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)