Africa's largest city
The crossword clue "Africa's largest city" is answered by CAIRO, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CAIRO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAIRO answer page.
Used 21 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CAIRO
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- Egypt's capital - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Capital on the Nile - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Capital of Egypt - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- African capital - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- City on the Nile - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Egyptian capital - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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