Africa
Le Caire
Cairo
masculineGoing there, being there
au Caire
Coming from
du Caire
Why
Le Caire carries a masculine article inside its own name: à + le contracts into au, which gives au Caire.
The people
un Cairote, une Cairote
Example
Le musée a déménagé au Caire.
The museum has moved in Cairo.
Worth knowing
The country is feminine and the capital masculine: en Égypte, and au Caire. The same sentence can carry both prepositions.
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