Biskra
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Into the Saharan oasis town of Biskra rolled a cautious column of halftracks loaded with olive-uniformed Algerian troops.
From Time Magazine Archive
They moved to Biskra after the Americans invaded North Africa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Biskra and the Sahara perhaps . . . if I could only get away from the hideous band of tourists.
From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
This we found in a house belonging to a son of the caid of Biskra.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various
He stood upright, as if at attention on the parade-ground of Biskra.
From The Desert Drum 1905 by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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