El Alamein

[ el ah-lah-meyn, -ah-luh- ]

noun
  1. a town on the northern coast of Egypt, about 70 miles (113 km) west of Alexandria: decisive British victory October 1942.

  • Also called A·la·mein [al-uh-meyn] /ˌæl əˈmeɪn/ .

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El Alamein

Alamein

/ (ɛl ˈæləˌmeɪn) /


noun
  1. a village on the N coast of Egypt, about 112 km (70 miles) west of Alexandria: scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Axis forces (1942)

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