Caherah
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
An irregular romanization of Arabic لْقَاهِرَة (Qāhira).
Proper noun
Caherah
- (obsolete) Alternative form of Cairo, the capital of Egypt.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7:
- CAHERAH, or Al-caherah, the capital of Egypt, which we call Grand Cairo...
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7:
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