Giza

Giza (Arabic, الجيزة, transliterated al-ǧīzah; pronounced in the Egyptian Arabic dialect of Cairo al-Gīza; also sometimes rendered in English as Gizeh, Ghizeh, or Geezeh) is a town in Egypt on the west bank of the Nile river, some 20 km southwest of central Cairo and now part of the greater Cairo metropolis. It is the capital of Al Jizah governorate, and is located in the northeast of this governorate, near its border.

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Arabic - Transliterated - Egyptian Arabic - Cairo - English - Egypt - Nile

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Giza is most famous as the location of the Giza Plateau: the site of some of the most impressive ancient monuments in the world, including a complex of ancient Egyptian royal mortuary and sacred structures, including the Great Sphinx, the Great Pyramid of Giza, and a number of other large pyramids and temples.

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Giza Plateau - Ancient Egyptian - Great Sphinx - Great Pyramid of Giza - Pyramid

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Giza was once used as a meridian reference point for determining a base longitude, presumably at the site of the Great Pyramid. See Prime Meridian.

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