Associations to the word «Cairo»

Wiktionary

CAIRO, proper noun. The capital of Egypt.
CAIRO, proper noun. Any of several cities and towns in the United States.

Dictionary definition

CAIRO, noun. A town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
CAIRO, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats