Blantyre-Limbe

/ (blænˈtaɪəˈlɪmbeɪ) /

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noun

a city in S Malawi: largest city in the country; formed in 1956 from the adjoining towns of Blantyre and Limbe. Pop: 647 000 (2005 est)

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Words nearby Blantyre-Limbe

blanquette, blanquette de veau, Blanqui, blanquillo, Blantyre, Blantyre-Limbe, blare, blarney, Blarney stone, blart, Blasco Ibáñez

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How to use Blantyre-Limbe in a sentence

European fruit trees do not ordinarily flourish, though apples are grown to some extent at Blantyre.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
The Hamiltons, like the Stuarts of Blantyre, were very poor and very highly connected.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge
And Mutilation of a limbe, greater, than the spoyling a man of his goods.
Leviathan|Thomas Hobbes
We have stated how Stuart of Blantyre was provided for in exile.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge

The left, or Blantyre, bank of Clyde also has its “stately images of the past.”
The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the South and West Coasts|Various