Camp Chezar | |
Other Name: | Kamp Shizar |
Native Name: | Kamp Shizar كامپ شيزار |
Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Alexandria |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Alexandria |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 31.2203°N 29.9421°W |
Camp Shezar (arz|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).
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 en|italic=yes|"camp" and it|"Caesar" pronounced as /it/, francized as pronounced as /fr/, pronounced as /arz/.