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el alamein

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El A⋅la⋅mein

[el ah-lah-meyn, -ah-luh-]
–noun
a town on the N coast of Egypt, ab. 70 mi. (113 km) W of Alexandria: decisive British victory October 1942.
Also called Alamein.
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Al·a·mein   (āl'ə-mān')   
See El Alamein.
El Al·a·mein   (ěl āl'ə-mān', ä'lə-)   
A town of northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea. In a decisive battle of World War II the British forces under Bernard Montgomery defeated Erwin Rommel's German troops here in November 1942.
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