Noun has 2 senses

• el alamein(n = noun.location) - 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;



• el alamein(n = noun.act) al alamayn, battle of el alamein - a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel;