English Explanatory Dictionary

Aboukir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/

Word forms

Aboukir Abukir Abu Qir

Etymology

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

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