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Biskra

American

[bis-krah] / ˈbɪs krɑ /

noun

a town and oasis in NE Algeria, in the Sahara.

Biskra British

/ ˈbɪskrɑː /

noun

a town and oasis in NE Algeria, in the Sahara. Pop: 204 000 (2005 est)

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They moved to Biskra after the Americans invaded North Africa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Into the Saharan oasis town of Biskra rolled a cautious column of halftracks loaded with olive-uniformed Algerian troops.

From Time Magazine Archive

If you go to Biskra and wire when you get there, I'll start at once—we'll start, I mean.

From The Golden Silence by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

For an instant, he was tempted to put the folded bit of paper in his pocket, unread until Touggourt, or even Biskra.

From The Golden Silence by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Sanda, with Captain Amaranthe and his wife, travelled to Oran, thence to Biskra, and from Biskra on the newly finished railway line to Touggourt.

From A Soldier of the Legion by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson

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