El Alamein

[ el ah-lah-meyn, -ah-luh- ]

noun

1. a town on the northern coast of Egypt, about 70 miles (113 km) west of Alexandria: decisive British victory October 1942.

El Alamein

/ ɛl ˈæləˌmeɪn /

noun

1. a village on the N coast of Egypt, about 112 km (70 miles) west of Alexandria: scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Axis forces (1942)