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ABUKIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Abukir mean? 

ABUKIR (noun)
  The noun ABUKIR has 1 sense:

1. a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egyptplay

  Familiarity information: ABUKIR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABUKIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Abukir; Abukir Bay

Instance hypernyms:

bay; embayment (an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf)

Holonyms ("Abukir" is a part of...):

Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea (the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia)


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