Abu Qir

Variant of Abukir

Abukir definition

Abu·kir (ä′bo̵̅o̅ kir′)

bay at the mouth of the Nile, near Alexandria, Egypt: site of the British victory (1798) under Nelson over the French
also sp. Abu Qir

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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