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}]

English Dictionary: El Alamein

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