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Nas⋅ser

[nah-ser, nas-er]

–noun

1.	Ga⋅mal Ab⋅del [guh-mahl ab-dool, juh-] Show IPA Pronunciation , 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.

2.	Lake, a reservoir in SE Egypt, formed in the Nile River S of the Aswan High Dam; S part, in N Sudan, named Lake Nubia. ab. 300 mi. (500 km) long; 6 mi. (10 km) wide.

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Nas·ser (nās'ər, nä'sər) Pronunciation Key
Egyptian army officer and politician who served as prime minister (1954-1956) and president (1956-1958) of Egypt and as president of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970). His nationalization of the Suez Canal precipitated an international crisis (1956).

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Nasser, Gamal Abdel [(guh-mahl ahb-duhl nah-suhr, nas-uhr)]

An Egyptian military and political leader of the twentieth century. Nasser overthrew King Farouk of Egypt in the early 1950s and soon became president. He urged Arab nations to unify against both Israel and European and American influence in the Middle East. He took control of the Suez Canal for Egypt in 1956, provoking a British military attack. In 1967, he provoked a brief and unsuccessful war against Israel, the Six-Day War. Upon his death in 1970, he was succeeded by Anwar Sadat. (See Suez Canal crisis; Arab-Israeli conflict.)