Associations to the word «Aboukir»

Wiktionary

ABOUKIR, proper noun. A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
ABOUKIR, proper noun. 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.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras