cairo

Noun cairo has 2 senses

• cairo(n = noun.location) - a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers;
is a kind of town
is a part of il, illinois, land of lincoln, prairie state

• cairo(n = noun.location) al qahira, capital of egypt, egyptian capital, el qahira - 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;
is a kind of port, national capital
is a part of arab republic of egypt, egypt, united arab republic