Giza
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
Word Origin
- Giza
- place in Egypt, from Arabic Er-ges-her "beside the high," i.e., the Great Pyramid.
Example
- 1. It is the great pyramid of giza .
- 2. Newgrange county meath ireland was constructed over 5 000 years ago ( about 3 200 b. c. ) making it older than stonehenge in england and the great pyramid of giza in egypt .
- 3. If the pyramids helped to build ancient egypt , they also preserved it . Giza allows us to explore a long-vanished world .
- 4. It was discovered in the early 1900s at giza , not too far from the great pyramids .
- 5. Once the months-long process of extracting the pieces is finished , researchers expect to spend several years restoring the ship before placing it on display in giza 's solar boat museum near the pyramids .