Largest city in Africa
The crossword clue "Largest city in Africa" is answered by CAIRO, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CAIRO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAIRO answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CAIROEGYPT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CAIRO
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAIRO, most used first.
- 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
- Africa's largest city - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Where "Aida" premiered - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Nile city - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- "The Purple Rose of ___" - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Africa's most populous city - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Egypt's largest city - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Nile capital - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- City near Giza - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Illinois city - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Mubarak's capital - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- North African capital - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Tahrir Square city - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- "The City of a Thousand Minarets" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Arab League headquarters - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Aida" premiere city - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Capital near Alexandria - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Egyptian city - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Site of the Arab League headquarters - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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