Aboukir

English

Alternative forms

• Abukir, Abu Qir

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/, /ˌæb.uˈkɪɹ/, /əˈbu.kɚ/

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.

Translations

village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt

• Portuguese: Aboukir f, Abuquir f

bay outside the village of Aboukir

• Portuguese: Aboukir f, Abuquir f

References

• Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 4

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French

Proper noun

Aboukir

1. Aboukir, a village and bay in Egypt site of two iconic battles of the French military.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Abuquir

Proper noun

Aboukir f

1. Aboukir (a village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt)
2. Aboukir (a bay outside the village of Aboukir)