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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 Egypt
Familiarity information: ABUKIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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