BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Battle of El Alamein mean? 

• BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN has 1 sense:

1. a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN (noun)

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Meaning:

A pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Al Alamayn; Battle of El Alamein; El Alamein

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)

Holonyms ("Battle of El Alamein" is a part of...):

Second World War; World War 2; World War II (a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945)