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Blida

American  
[blee-dah] / ˈbli dɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Algeria.


Blida British  
/ ˈbliːdə /

noun

  1. a city in N Algeria, on the edge of the Mitidja Plain. Pop: 269 000 (2005 est)

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The towns of Aita el Shaab, Kfar Kila and Blida appear to have been among the worst affected.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

Large posters of Samira Abdul-Hussein Ayoub and her three granddaughters - Rimas Shor, 14; Talin Shor, 12; and Layan Shor, 10 - were displayed in the cemetery in the southeastern town of Blida.

From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Large posters of Samira Abdul-Hussein Ayoub and her three granddaughters — Rimas Shor, 14; Talin Shor, 12; and Layan Shor, 10 — were displayed in the cemetery in the southeastern town of Blida.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Nowhere was that encapsulated better than in Blida, a city a little south of Algiers, where Algeria and Cameroon took turns breaking each other’s hearts.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022

The first force, headed by Bugeaud in person, marched along the valley of the Chéliff, and then joined the second column under Changarnier, coming from Blida.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)