Reference meaning
Cairo
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a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
Other meanings
2. 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
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