Agadir

[ ah-gah-deer ]

/ ˌɑ gɑˈdɪər /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for agadir

The Agadir incident elicited a satisfactory answer to these questions.
The Myth of a Guilty Nation|Albert Jay Nock
Then came the Agadir incident in 1911 when once more the Kaiser bluffed.
The Major|Ralph Connor
The Agadir crisis came—another Morocco crisis—and throughout that I took precisely the same line that had been taken in 1906.
New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2|Various
Fashoda, Algeciras, Bosnia, Agadir—each time it seemed as if only a miracle could avert the conflict.
The World War and What was Behind It|Louis P. Benezet

Even after the Agadir incident was quite closed, the tension between Germany and England had not passed away.
Before the War|Viscount Richard Burton Haldane

British Dictionary definitions for agadir

Agadir

/ (ˌæɡəˈdɪə) /

noun

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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