Camp Chezar
Appearance
Camp Shezar
كامب شيزار Camp Caesar | |
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Coordinates: 31°13′13″N 29°56′32″E / 31.220289°N 29.942107°E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Alexandria |
City | Alexandria |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Camp Shezar (Arabic: كامب شيزار; also spelled Camp Chezar[1]) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. It contains a cemetery that dates back to the 3rd century BC (Ptolemaic era).
Camp Caesar
Origin of the name
It is spelled with French orthography as French was the most common foreign language in Egypt at the time of its inception. The name consists from English: "camp" and Italian: "Caesar", [ˈtʃeːzar], Francized as [ʃeˈzar], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈkæmp(e) ʃeˈzɑːɾ].
See also
References
- ^ 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 2015-04-21.