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Aboukir

US/ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/

Aboukir proper noun: a village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.

Proper noun

Aboukir

  1. A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
  2. 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.

Forms of Aboukir

alternative formAbukir
alternative formAbu Qir

Origin of Aboukir

From Egyptian Arabic أَبُو قِير (ʔabū qīr), from the Arabic name of the Egyptian Copt Cyrus, قِير (qīr).

Questions about Aboukir

What does Aboukir mean?
Aboukir means a village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
What part of speech is Aboukir?
Aboukir is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Aboukir?
Aboukir is pronounced /ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/ (US).

Words near Aboukir in the dictionary

  1. abouchements
  2. Aboud
  3. Abouds
  4. aboue
  5. abought
  6. Aboukir
  7. aboulia
  8. aboulias
  9. aboulic
  10. aboulomania
  11. abound

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