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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942;

2. a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel;
[syn: El Alamein, Al Alamayn, Battle of El Alamein]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

El Alamein
    n 1: a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast
         of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the
         Germans in 1942
    2: a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a
       decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery
       over German troops under Rommel [syn: El Alamein, Al
       Alamayn, Battle of El Alamein]