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| Alexandria |
a city in Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea at the tip of the Nile delta. Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great. |
| Cairo |
the capital city of Egypt, on the Nile River. |
| felucca |
a small, narrow boat with one or two lateen sails, used on the Mediterranean and the Nile. |
| papyrus |
a tall water plant of the Nile valley in Egypt grown as an ornamental plant and once used to make a material like paper. [1/2 definitions] |
| Sahara |
a vast desert in northern Africa stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the River Nile. |
| Sahara Desert |
a vast and very dry region of North Africa extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Nile River. The Sahara desert is hot and sandy, and it is the largest desert of this type in the world. |
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