The ship was bound for Cairo.
Source: tatoeba (45706)
Cairo
/ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ/
Synonyms for "cairo" (10 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
capital of egyptegyptian capital
Proper Noun(1 words)
Related words (5)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: cairene, cairo-based, capital of egypt, egyptian capital, fostat.
- Sentence evidence is available for cairo, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss, wiktionary.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "cairo".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "cairo"
Keep "cairo" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "cairo" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "cairo", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "cairo" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesMore specific
9 entriesCairene architectureCairene artCairene cuisineCairene literatureGreater CairoIslamic Cairoimage surfacepdf surfacesvg surface
Collocations
10 entriesCairene architectureCairene cuisineCairene cultureCairo GovernorateCairo International AirportCairo MetroCairo UniversityCairo-basedGreater CairoIslamic Cairo
Inflections
2 entriesmore Cairomost Cairo
Derivations
1 entriesTranslations
132 translations across 107 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- Ҟаир name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Afrikaans
1 entries- Kaïro name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Akan
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Albanian
1 entries- Kajro name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Amharic
1 entries- ካይሮ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Arabic
3 entries- القاهره name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- الْقَاهِرَة name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- مصر name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Armenian
1 entries- Կահիրե name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Asturian
1 entries- El Cairu name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Qahirə name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Basque
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Belarusian
1 entries- Каі́р name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Bengali
2 entries- কায়রো name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- কাহিরা name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Breton
1 entries- Kaero name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Ка́йро name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Burmese
1 entries- ကိုင်ရိုမြို့ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Catalan
1 entries- Caire name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- قاھیرە name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Chechen
1 entries- Къахӏира name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Chinese
1 entries- Кахирә name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 開羅 /开罗 name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 開羅 /开罗 name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Coptic
4 entries- ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- Ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲟⲥ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- Ⲉⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- Ⲕⲁϩⲓⲣⲁ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Corsican
1 entries- U Cairu name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Czech
1 entries- Káhira name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Danish
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Dutch
1 entries- Caïro name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Esperanto
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Estonian
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Farefare
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Faroese
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Finnish
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
French
1 entries- Le Caire name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Fur
1 entries- Kaira name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Georgian
1 entries- კაირო name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
German
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Greek
2 entries- Κάιρο name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- Ἡλιούπολις name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Hausa
1 entries- Alƙahira name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Hebrew
1 entries- קָהִיר name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Hindi
3 entries- क़ाहिरा name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- क़ैरो name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- काहिरा name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Hungarian
1 entries- Kairó name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Icelandic
1 entries- Kaíró name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Ido
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Indonesian
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Irish
1 entries- Caireo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Italian
1 entries- Il Cairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Japanese
1 entries- カイロ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕೈರೋ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Kashubian
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Kazakh
1 entries- Каир name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Khmer
2 entries- កៃរ៉ូ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- គែរ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Korean
2 entries- 까히라 name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- 카이로 name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- Каир name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Lak
1 entries- Кьагьира name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Lao
1 entries- ເລີແກ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Latin
2 entries- Cāhĕre name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- Cāirus name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Latvian
1 entries- Kaira name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Kairas name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Macedonian
1 entries- Каиро name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Malay
1 entries- Kaherah name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Malayalam
1 entries- കെയ്റോ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Maltese
1 entries- Il-Kajr name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Marathi
1 entries- काइरो name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Middle French
1 entries- Caire name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Mongolian
1 entries- Каир name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Nepali
2 entries- काहिरा name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- काहिरो name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- Qahîre name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قاهره name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Pashto
1 entries- قاهره name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Persian
1 entries- قاهره name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Polish
1 entries- Kair name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Portuguese
1 entries- Cairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਕਾਹਿਰਾ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Romanian
1 entries- Cairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Romansch
1 entries- Cairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Russian
1 entries- Каи́р name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Sardinian
2 entries- Càiru name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- Su Càiru name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Scots
1 entries- Cairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Cairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Kàiro name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- Ка̀иро name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Sicilian
1 entries- Lu Cairu name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Slovak
1 entries- Káhira name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Slovene
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Somali
1 entries- Qaahiro name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Spanish
1 entries- El Cairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Swahili
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Swedish
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Tagalog
1 entries- Cairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Tajik
1 entries- Қоҳира name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Tamil
1 entries- கெய்ரோ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Tatar
1 entries- Каһирә name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Telugu
1 entries- కైరో name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Thai
1 entries- ไคโร name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Turkish
1 entries- Kahire name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Turkmen
1 entries- Kahire name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Каї́р name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Urdu
1 entries- قاہرہ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Uyghur
1 entries- قاھىرە name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Uzbek
1 entries- Qohira name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Vietnamese
3 entries- Cai-rô name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- Kê (thành) name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
- 垓鮋 name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Welsh
1 entries- Cairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
West-Frisian
1 entries- Kairo name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Yiddish
1 entries- קייראָ name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Zhuang
1 entries- Gaihloz name (capital of Egypt — see also Fustat)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Did you go to Cairo or Alexandria?
Source: tatoeba (370765)
I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.
Source: tatoeba (376839)
They are leaving Cairo today, heading for Tel Aviv.
Source: tatoeba (543583)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "cairo"?
Closest matches include cairene, cairo-based, capital of egypt, egyptian capital, fostat.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "cairo"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.