Where does “Cairo” come from?

Cairo comes from Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic al-Qāhirah, literally meaning "the Vanquisher" or "the Mighty," a name given to the city founded in the tenth century.

Cairo (English): containing the capital city

Definitions

  1. containing the capital city

Ancestry of “Cairo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianIl Cairo—
2Arabicاَلْقَاهِرَة—

Words derived from “Cairo”

Every word from Arabic اَلْقَاهِرَة →Every word from Italian Il Cairo →