Giza
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Gi·za
(gē′zə) A city of northern Egypt, an industrial suburb of Cairo on the Nile River. The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby.
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Giza
(ˈɡiːzə)n
(Placename) See El Gîza
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Gi•za
or Gi•zeh
(ˈgi zə)n.
a city in N Egypt, a suburb of Cairo across the Nile: the ancient Egyptian pyramids and the Sphinx are located nearby. 1,671,000.
Also called El Giza, El Gizeh. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. |  Giza - an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the SphinxArab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC |
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