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The '''Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo''' ({{Lang-ar|مجمع اللغة العربية بالقاهرة}}) was a [[language academy]] for [[Arabic]] created in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] in 1932 by [[Fuad I of Egypt]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-15|title=المعجم التاريخي للعربية.. ضوء في عتمة الهوان|url=https://www.hespress.com/المعجم-التاريخي-للعربية-ضوء-في-عتمة-ال-738317.html|access-date=2021-03-31|website=Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Mabrok.|first=El-Khafaifi, Hussein|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/602873161|title=The role of the Cairo Academy in coining Arabic scientific terminology: an historical and linguistic evaluation|date=1998|publisher=University Microfilms International|oclc=602873161}}</ref> It publishes {{Interlanguage link|Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (dictionary)|lt=Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir|ar|المعجم الكبير (معجم)|italic=y}} (''The Great Dictionary'') and {{Interlanguage link|Al-Mu'jam al-Wasīt|ar|المعجم الوسيط|italic=y}} (''The Intermediary Dictionary''), two of the most important dictionaries of the [[Arabic]] language.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=مجمع اللغة العربية!|url=https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2533552.aspx|access-date=2021-03-31|website=بوابة الأهرام}}</ref>
One of the early tasks of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo was to publish a [[historical dictionary]] of Arabic, tracing the changes of meanings and uses of Arabic words over time, though this was not achieved.<ref name=":0" />
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