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カイロ (kairo) Japanese meaning: Cairo (Egypt) | Kotomora

カイロ

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Meanings

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Cairo (Egypt)

Refers to the capital city of Egypt.

カイロはエジプトの首しゅ都とです。
Cairo is the capital of Egypt.

Don't confuse with

カイロ
カイロ (as in Cairo, Egypt's capital) and 懐炉 (a pocket warmer) are pronounced identically but refer to completely different things distinguished only by context or kanji.

Etymology

From Arabic القاهرة (al-Qāhirah), via English Cairo.