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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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The Fatimé had sailed early in the morning, but she was soon discovered off the Bay of Abukir.
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The fleet of Brueys remained at anchor in the road of Abukir.
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The fleet of Admiral Brueys was at anchor in the bay Abukir.
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It was sheltered by Abukir (now Nelson's) island and its rocks, and its leading ship was pretty close to the shoal off the island.
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The only two ships which remained to France of the fleet defeated in Abukir bay were captured, one of them by Nelson himself.
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