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Abukir

US/ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/

Abukir is the alternative spelling of Aboukir.

Meaning of Aboukir

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.

Questions about Abukir

What is Abukir the alternative spelling of?
Abukir is the alternative spelling of Aboukir.
How do you pronounce Abukir?
Abukir is pronounced /ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/ (US).

Words near Abukir in the dictionary

  1. Abuja
  2. Abujam
  3. Abujmaria
  4. Abukar
  5. Abukars
  6. Abukir
  7. abukumalite
  8. abukumalites
  9. Abuladze
  10. Abulfeda
  11. abulge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Abukir (page history and authors); Aboukir (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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