Abukir
or A·bou·kir
[ ah-boo-keer, ab-oo- ]
noun
a bay in N Egypt, between Alexandria and the Rosetta mouth of the Nile: French fleet defeated here by British fleet 1798.
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How to use Abukir in a sentence
He is an eye-witness of the famous naval battle of Aboukir, and later is in the hardest of the defense of Acre.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyThe garrison of the latter depended largely for daily bread upon this route, now closed by the fleet in Aboukir Bay.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) MahanHe could make a great flourish over the battle of Aboukir and conceal the shame and loss of Acre.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThe Aboukir's sister cruisers, each more than a mile away, saw and heard the explosion.
The Aboukir had been stricken in a vital spot and by an unseen force; that made the blow all the greater.
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