[ah-boo-keer, ab-oo-] 
| a bay in N Egypt, between Alexandria and the Rosetta mouth of the Nile: French fleet defeated here by British fleet 1798. |
| a village of N Egypt, in the Nile River delta: Battle of the Nile near here (1798). |
| A·bu·kir See Abu Qir. |
| A·bu Qir also A·bu·kir (ä'bōō-kîr', āb'ōō-) A village of northern Egypt in the Nile River delta on the Bay of Abu Qir. Adm. Horatio Nelson's victory over a French fleet off Abu Qir in 1798 restored British prestige in the Mediterranean and ended French hopes of establishing a stronghold in the Middle East. |
buˈkɪər