Giza
or Gi·zeh
a city in northern Egypt: a suburb of Cairo across the Nile; the ancient Egyptian pyramids and the Sphinx are located nearby.
- Also called El Gi·za, El Gi·zeh [el gee-zuh] /ɛl ˈgi zə/ .
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How to use Giza in a sentence
Heidi Klum wore a pair of the Gizeh sandals with cutoff jean shorts, and Ashley Olsen wore them just about everywhere.
Summer 2013: The Season We All Started Wearing Birkenstocks Again | Isabel Wilkinson | August 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTColonel Alleyne ordered lunch near the place, where the steamer Gizeh was wrecked.
Our Caughnawagas in Egypt | Louis JacksonIt follows that the chess-board arrangement which is so conspicuous at Gizeh is not here to be noticed.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) | Georges PerrotAt Gizeh the walls form a smooth plane gently inclined from the perpendicular.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) | Georges PerrotWe are ignorant as to the condition of the three great pyramids of Gizeh at the death of their projectors.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) | Georges Perrot
In Figs. 116-119 we give the plan and three sections of a mastaba at Gizeh which has four serdabs.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) | Georges Perrot
British Dictionary definitions for Giza
/ (ˈɡiːzə) /
See El Gîza
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