Capital astride the Nile (5)

I believe the answer is:

cairo

(Other definitions for cairo that I've seen before include "Capital city on the Nile" , "Al Qahira" , "Port upstream from the Nile delta" , "North African capital" , "African city" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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