el alamein

Noun el alamein 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;
is a kind of hamlet, village
is a part of arab republic of egypt, egypt, united arab republic

• 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;
is a kind of pitched battle
is a part of second world war, world war 2, world war ii