Camp Chezar

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Camp Shezar ({{langx|ar|كامپ شيزار}}; also spelled Camp Chezar{{cite book|title=Directory of Government and Public Sector in A.R.E.|author=Dār al-ʻArabīyah al-Ḥadīthah lil-Tijārah al-Khārijīyah|date=1982|publisher=Arab Modern House for Foreign Trade.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8xBXAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-21}} 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 {{langx|en|italic=yes|"camp"}} and {{langx|it|"Caesar"}} {{IPA|it|ˈtʃeːzar|}}, francized as {{IPA|fr|ʃeˈzar|}}, {{IPA|arz|ˈkæmp(e) ʃeˈzɑːɾ}}.

See also

[https://www.facebook.com/CampShezar/info Camp Shezar كامب شيزار]

References

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{{Neighborhoods in Alexandria}}

Category:Neighbourhoods of Alexandria

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