Camp Chezar
Neighborhood in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
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Camp Shezar (Egyptian Arabic: كامپ شيزار; also spelled Camp Chezar[1] and originally Camp Caesar) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. It contains a cemetery that dates back to the 3rd century BC (Ptolemaic era).
Camp Chezar
كامپ شيزار Kamp Shizar | |
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Neighborhood | |
  Camp Chezar Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31.220289°N 29.942107°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Alexandria |
| City | Alexandria |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Origin of the name
The name is spelled with French orthography as French was the most common foreign language in Egypt at the time of its inception. The name consists of English: "camp" and Italian: "Caesar" [ˈtʃeːzar], francized as [ʃeˈzar], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈkæmp(e) ʃeˈzɑːɾ].
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