Aboukirとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Egyptian Arabic أَبُو قِير‎ (ʾabū qīr), from the Arabic name of the Egyptian Copt Cyrus, قِير‎ (qīr).

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/,^[1][2] /ˌæb.uˈkɪɹ/,^[1] /əˈbu.kɚ/^[2]

固有名詞

Aboukir

1. A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
2. 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.

参照

• Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 4