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Abukir
or ·dz·쾱
[ 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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A somewhat alarming phenomenon was observed in this neighborhood in 1801, on board the English frigate Romulus, Captain Culverhouse, on a voyage from Acre to Abukir.
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Advance into Syria by Napoleon; repulsed from Acre; victorious over the Turks at Abukir; he reëmbarks for France; Kléber left in command in Egypt.
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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 troops landed in Abukir bay on February 8 and 9, 1801, with results which must be deferred to our next volume.
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The fleet of Admiral Brueys was at anchor in the bay Abukir.
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