Agadir

American  

[ah-gah-deer] / ˌɑ gɑˈdɪər /

noun

1. a seaport in SW Morocco: destroyed by earthquake in 1960; new town rebuilt S of original site.

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Agadir British  

/ ˌæɡəˈdɪə /

noun

1. a port in SW Morocco, which became the centre of an international crisis (1911), when a gunboat arrived to protect German interests. Britain issued a strong warning to Germany but the French negotiated and war was averted. In 1960 the town was virtually destroyed by an earthquake, about 10 000 people being killed. Pop: 385 000 (2003)

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Agadir

Egypt will now stay in Agadir to face title-holders Ivory Coast or Burkina Faso on Saturday in the quarter-finals.

From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026

Anger had been growing, but what galvanised the movement was the death over a number of days in mid-September of eight women in a maternity ward of a hospital in the southern city of Agadir.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

He was just 8 and asleep when a large earthquake struck Morocco in 1960, wiping out entire neighborhoods in the coastal city of Agadir, near the Atlas Mountains, and killing at least 12,000 people.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

Morocco’s deadliest quake was a magnitude 5.8 temblor in 1960 that struck near the city of Agadir, killing at least 12,000.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

In pursuance of this policy, Germany sent a warship to the Moroccan port of Agadir, using the same pretext as the French, with even less justification.

From The Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis