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City of a Thousand Minarets

City of a Thousand Minarets proper noun: nickname for Cairo: the capital and largest city of Egypt.

Proper noun

City of a Thousand Minarets

  1. Nickname for Cairo: the capital and largest city of Egypt.

Origin of City of a Thousand Minarets

From the large number of mosques in the city.

Questions about City of a Thousand Minarets

What does City of a Thousand Minarets mean?
City of a Thousand Minarets means nickname for Cairo: the capital and largest city of Egypt.
What part of speech is City of a Thousand Minarets?
City of a Thousand Minarets is a proper noun.

Words near City of a Thousand Minarets in the dictionary

  1. city limits
  2. city manager
  3. city managers
  4. city mice
  5. city mouse
  6. City of a Thousand Minarets
  7. City of Angels
  8. City of Brotherly Love
  9. City of Brussels
  10. City of Churches
  11. City of Dawson

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