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Biskra

American  
[bis-krah] / ˈbɪs krɑ /

noun

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


Biskra British  
/ ˈbɪskrɑː /

noun

  1. 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

His observations were made in Switzerland, Biskra in the Sahara, Finland, the borders of Russia, and in Norway; but in none of these places were low numbers observed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Biskra and the Sahara perhaps . . . if I could only get away from the hideous band of tourists.

From The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

After Algiers our Parisians went by way of Constantine to Biskra.

From The Figure In The Mirage 1905 by Robert Smythe Hichens

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