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Aboukir Bay
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Aboukir Bay, Abukir Bay [ˌæbuːˈkɪə]
n
(Placename) a bay on the N coast of Egypt, where the Nile enters the Mediterranean: site of the Battle of the Nile (1798), in which Nelson defeated the French fleet Arabic name Abu Qîr [abuˈkiːr]
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The gas produced will be piped to and processed by existing onshore processing facilities in the nearby Abu Qir Bay.
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Italian archaeologist Paolo Gallo was working in Abu Qir bay, east of Alexandria where Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated Napoleon Bonaparte's French fleet in the Battle of the Nile.
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