Akka

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`Akka

(ɑːˈkɑː)
n
(Placename) a city and port in N Israel, strategically situated on the Bay of Acre in the E Mediterranean: taken and retaken during the Crusades (1104, 1187, 1191, 1291), taken by the Turks (1517), by Egypt (1832), and by the Turks again (1839). Pop: 45 600 (2001). another name for Acre
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Noun1.Akka - a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern MediterraneanAkka - a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
Accho, Akko, Acre
Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
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