Mostaganem

British  

/ məˌstæɡəˈnɛm /

noun

1. a port in NW Algeria, on the Mediterranean Sea: exports wine, fruit, and vegetables. Pop: 133 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

At that date, Mostaganem contained about fifteen thousand inhabitants, three thousand of whom were French.

From Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Verne, Jules

The Arabs attacked Mostaganem and Arzee and lured Yussuf, the commander of the new French corps of native Spahis, into an ambush.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

"We will make our way to the river, and get over into Mostaganem," said the captain.

From Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Verne, Jules

He died at Mostaganem in Algeria on the 14th of July 1859.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

Its founder, Seyid Mahommed ben Sennussi, was born near Mostaganem, Algeria, about the year 1800.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop