Dakhla
Americannoun
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an oasis in southern Egypt: source of ocher.
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Formerly Villa Cisneros. a seaport and town in Western Sahara: former capital of Río de Oro in the former Spanish Sahara, on the northwest coast of Africa.
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The coastguard instructed the vessel to take the migrant boat to Dakhla port - 60 miles away.
From BBC • May 1, 2025
Bard cautioned, however, that although she has seen yardangs at the Dakhla Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert, she has never seen a yardang that looks like the one the team produced in their study.
From Scientific American • Nov. 11, 2023
Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released parts of the letter, praising Israel’s recognition and its decision to consider opening a consulate in the Western Saharan city of Dakhla as “both just and farsighted.”
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2023
Twenty-eight other countries - mostly African and Arab - have opened consulates in the Western Saharan cities of Dakhla or Laayoune, in what Morocco sees as tangible support for its Western Saharan rule.
From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2023
Light Car Patrol, who patrolled right up to Senussi outpost at the entrance to the Dakhla Oasis.
From The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 by Ogilvie, David Douglas
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