Camp Chezar
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Neighborhood in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
Camp Chezar
كامپ شيزار Kamp Shizar | |
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Camp Chezar is located in Egypt Camp Chezar Camp Chezar Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31°13′13′′N 29°56′32′′E / 31.220289°N 29.942107°E / 31.220289; 29.942107 | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Alexandria |
| City | Alexandria |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Camp Shezar (Egyptian Arabic: كامپ شيزار; also spelled Camp Chezar[1] and originally Camp Caesar) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. It contains a cemetery that dates back to the 3rd century BC (Ptolemaic era).
Origin of the name
[edit ]The name is spelled with French orthography as French was the most common foreign language in Egypt at the time of its inception. The name consists of English: "camp" and Italian: "Caesar" [ˈtʃeːzar] , francized as [ʃeˈzar] , Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈkæmp(e)ʃeˈzɑːɾ] .
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Dār al-ʻArabīyah al-Ḥadīthah lil-Tijārah al-Khārijīyah (1982). Directory of Government and Public Sector in A.R.E. Arab Modern House for Foreign Trade. Retrieved 2015年04月21日.
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