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Cairene

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Cairene [ˈkaɪriːn]
adj
(Placename) of or relating to Cairo or its inhabitants
n
(Placename) a native or inhabitant of Cairo
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Noun1.Cairene - a native or inhabitant of Cairo
Al Qahira, capital of Egypt, Egyptian capital, El Qahira, Cairo - the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
Egyptian - a native or inhabitant of Egypt


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Mahfouz loved his Cairene neighborhood and wanted the entire world to become familiar with it," Twair said.
The Cairo screening room was draped in the colorful tapestries commonly used in Cairene streets to cordon off space for weddings and funerals, while in Istanbul viewers were invited to recline like pashas on low divans positioned along the walls.
Chapter two gives a detailed description of the methodology used in sampling the Cairene speech community.
 
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