Kairo

See also: Kairó, Kaíró, Kaïro, kairo, and kairō

Danish

Proper noun

Kairo

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈiro]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: Ka‧i‧ro

Proper noun

Kairo (accusative Kairon)

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)

Holonyms

• Egiptio (“Egypt”)

Estonian

Etymology

From Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑi̯ro/, [ˈkɑi̯ro]
• Rhymes: -ɑiro
• Hyphenation: Kai‧ro

Proper noun

Kairo (genitive Kairo, partitive Kairot)

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Declension

Declension of Kairo (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Kairo	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Kairo
genitive			—
partitive		Kairot	—
illative		Kairosse	—
inessive		Kairos	—
elative		Kairost	—
allative		Kairole	—
adessive		Kairol	—
ablative		Kairolt	—
translative		Kairoks	—
terminative		Kaironi	—
essive		Kairona	—
abessive		Kairota	—
comitative		Kairoga	—

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑi̯ro/, [ˈkɑ̝i̯ro̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑiro
• Syllabification^(key): Kai‧ro

Proper noun

Kairo

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Declension

Inflection of Kairo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Kairo	—
genitive		Kairon	—
partitive		Kairoa	—
illative		Kairoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kairo	—
accusative	nom.	Kairo	—
	gen.	Kairon
genitive		Kairon	—
partitive		Kairoa	—
inessive		Kairossa	—
elative		Kairosta	—
illative		Kairoon	—
adessive		Kairolla	—
ablative		Kairolta	—
allative		Kairolle	—
essive		Kairona	—
translative		Kairoksi	—
abessive		Kairotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kairo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kaironi — accusative nom. Kaironi — gen. Kaironi genitive Kaironi — partitive Kairoani — inessive Kairossani — elative Kairostani — illative Kairooni — adessive Kairollani — ablative Kairoltani — allative Kairolleni — essive Kaironani — translative Kairokseni — abessive Kairottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kairosi — accusative nom. Kairosi — gen. Kairosi genitive Kairosi — partitive Kairoasi — inessive Kairossasi — elative Kairostasi — illative Kairoosi — adessive Kairollasi — ablative Kairoltasi — allative Kairollesi — essive Kaironasi — translative Kairoksesi — abessive Kairottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kairomme — accusative nom. Kairomme — gen. Kairomme genitive Kairomme — partitive Kairoamme — inessive Kairossamme — elative Kairostamme — illative Kairoomme — adessive Kairollamme — ablative Kairoltamme — allative Kairollemme — essive Kaironamme — translative Kairoksemme — abessive Kairottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kaironne — accusative nom. Kaironne — gen. Kaironne genitive Kaironne — partitive Kairoanne — inessive Kairossanne — elative Kairostanne — illative Kairoonne — adessive Kairollanne — ablative Kairoltanne — allative Kairollenne — essive Kaironanne — translative Kairoksenne — abessive Kairottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kaironsa — accusative nom. Kaironsa — gen. Kaironsa genitive Kaironsa — partitive Kairoaan Kairoansa — inessive Kairossaan Kairossansa — elative Kairostaan Kairostansa — illative Kairoonsa — adessive Kairollaan Kairollansa — ablative Kairoltaan Kairoltansa — allative Kairolleen Kairollensa — essive Kaironaan Kaironansa — translative Kairokseen Kairoksensa — abessive Kairottaan Kairottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• kairolainen

Anagrams

• Koira, kiroa, koira, koria, okria

German

Alternative forms

• Alkeier (obsolete, until 17th century)

Etymology

From Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic القاهِرة (al-qāhira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪ̯ʁo/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Kairo n (proper noun, genitive Kairos or (optionally with an article) Kairo)

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Derived terms

• Kairiner, Kairoer
• kairinisch, kairoisch

See also

• Ägypten

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cairo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kái.rò/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kéi.rɔ̀]

Proper noun

Kair̃ò f

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)

   Synonym: Alƙahira

Lithuanian

Noun

Kairo

1. genitive singular of Kairas (“Cairo”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).

Proper noun

Kairo

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).

Proper noun

Kairo

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎiro/
• Hyphenation: Ka‧i‧ro

Proper noun

Kàiro m (Cyrillic spelling Ка̀иро)

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Declension

Declension of Kairo

	singular
nominative	Kairo
genitive	Kaira
dative	Kairu
accusative	Kairo
vocative	Kairo
locative	Kairu
instrumental	Kairom

Swedish

Proper noun

Kairo n (genitive Kairos)

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)