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Abukir
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Abukir
see synonyms of abukir bay at the mouth of the Nile, near Alexandria, Egypt: site of the British victory (1798) under Nelson over the French
: also sp. Abu QirWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Abukir
see synonyms of abukir A village of northern Egypt in the Nile River delta on the Bay of Abu Qir. Adm. Horatio Nelson's victory over a French fleet off Abu Qir in 1798 restored British prestige in the Mediterranean and ended French hopes of establishing a stronghold in the Middle East.
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