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Camp Chezar Kamp Shizar كامپ شيزارKamp Shizar
Camp ChezarLocation in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°13′13″N 29°56′32″E / 31.220289°N 29.942107°E / 31.220289; 29.942107
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Alexandria
City	Alexandria
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Camp Shezar (Egyptian Arabic: كامپ شيزار; also spelled Camp Chezar and originally Camp Caesar) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. It contains a cemetery that dates back to the 3rd century BC (Ptolemaic era).

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

• Neighborhoods in Alexandria

Camp Shezar كامب شيزار

References

1. 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.

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