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Nasser
[ nah-ser, nas-er ]
noun
- Ga·mal Ab·del [g, uh, -, mahl, , ab, -d, oo, l, j, uh, -], 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Lake, a reservoir in SE Egypt, formed in the Nile River S of the Aswan High Dam; S part, in N Sudan, named Lake Nubia. About 300 miles (500 km) long; 6 miles (10 km) wide.
Nasser
/ ˈnæsə; ˈnɑːsə /
noun
- NasserGamal Abdel19181970MEgyptianMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Gamal Abdel (ɡəˈmɑːl ˈæbdɛl). 1918–70, Egyptian soldier and statesman; president of Egypt (1956–70). He was one of the leaders of the coup that deposed King Farouk (1952) and became premier (1954). His nationalization of the Suez Canal (1956) led to an international crisis, and during his presidency Egypt was twice defeated by Israel (1956; 1967)
Example Sentences
Reuters news agency said footage showed people trying to put out a blaze in the tent which it said was inside the compound of Nasser hospital.
He was in Nasser hospital when it was hit by an Israeli air strike, targeting Ismail Barhoum, the Hamas finance chief.
The most admissions so far have been at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south.
Lebanese legislator Haidar Nasser, who holds one of the two seats allocated to the Alawite sect in parliament, said that people were fleeing from Syria for safety in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the head of the paediatric department at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis told the Associated Press that it had received the body of a two-month-old girl who had died of hypothermia on Tuesday.
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