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English
Etymology
From Egyptian Arabic أَبُو قِير (ʔabū qīr), from the Arabic name of the Egyptian Copt Cyrus, قِير (qīr).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aboukir
- A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
- A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by Horatio Nelson defeated the French in the Battle of the Nile.
Translations
village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt
bay outside the village of Aboukir
References
- Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 , →ISBN), page 4
Anagrams
French
Proper noun
Aboukir ?
- Aboukir, a village and bay in Egypt site of two iconic battles of the French military
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aboukir f
- Aboukir (a village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt)
- Aboukir (a bay outside the village of Aboukir)