Definition of Cairene

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Cairo.

Group relationships: Al Qahira, Cairo, Capital Of Egypt, Egyptian Capital, El Qahira
Generic synonyms: Egyptian

Definition of Cairene

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Cairo (the capital of Egypt). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cairene

Caffey-Kempe syndrome
Caffey-Silverman syndrome
Cagliari
Cagliostro
Cagney
Cagot ear
Cahita
Caiman lizard
Caiman lizards
Caiman sclerops
Cain
Cain complex
Cainamero
Cainameros
Cairbre Nia Fer
Cairene (current term)
Cairina
Cairina moschata
Cairngorms
Cairns
Cairns mechanism
Cairo
Caitlin
Caitlyn
Caitra
Cajal's astrocyte stain
Cajal's cell
Cajanus
Cajanus cajan
Cajetan

Literary usage of Cairene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Parish Register Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"Cairene FOLKLORE. BY THE REV. PROFESSOR AH SAYCE, MA THE longer I have lived in Egypt, the more impressed I have been with the exhaustless extent of ..."

2. Egypt by James Carlile McCoan, Wilfred C. Lay (1900)
"... Esbe- kieh—Cairene Mosques—The Citadel—Social Attractions—Heliopolis—The Pyramids and Sphinx—" ..."

3. Egypt as it is: With a Map, Taken from the Most Recent Survey by James Carlile McCoan (1877)
"... Esbe- kieh—Cairene Mosques—The Citadel—Social Attractions—Heliopolis—The Pyramids and Sphinx—" ... Prophetic Rhapsody—The Nile Voyage —Cairene ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1893)
"The wooden table, in the carved arabesques and turned open-work, of which we reproduce an ably of Cairene workmanship, and is most likely of ..."

5. The Land of the Pharaohs: Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Samuel Manning (1897)
"He is said to be A Cairene WOMAN AND CHILD. half a thief; children and servants often steal implements of iron, etc., from the house in which they live, ..."

6. Jews in Many Lands by Elkan Nathan Adler (1905)
"Jcws in Many Lands EGYPT IN 1888 Cairo — Cairene Jews — Synagogues — Maimonides — Karaites ... Cairene ..."

7. Cairo: Sketches of Its History, Monuments, and Social Life by Stanley Lane-Poole (1898)
"... and the veils of gauze stretched in front of the boxes on the grand tier, to hide the beauties of the harim, are the only things in the Cairene opera ..."

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