WordNet
capital of Egypt
n. the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs [syn: Cairo, Al Qahira, El Qahira, Egyptian capital]
Usage examples of "capital of egypt".
In the tumultuous capital of Egypt, the slightest provocation was sufficient to inflame a civil war.
The play opens in Cleopatra's palace in Alexandria, the capital of Egypt Two soldiers, Demetrius and Philo, come onstage.