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Where does “Kairo” come from?

Kairo (Hausa) comes from English Cairo, from Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic اَلْقَاهِرَة.

Ancestry of “Kairo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCairo—
2ItalianIl Cairo—
3Arabicاَلْقَاهِرَة—
Every word from Arabic اَلْقَاهِرَة →