Associations to the word «Aboukir»

Wiktionary

ABOUKIR, proper noun. A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
ABOUKIR, proper noun. A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by Horatio Nelson defeated the French in the Battle of the Nile.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats