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Delagoa Bay

[del-uh-goh-uh, del-]

noun

  1. an inlet of the Indian Ocean, in S Mozambique. 55 miles (89 km) long.



Delagoa Bay

/ ˌdɛləˈɡəʊə /

noun

  1. Official name: Baía de Lourenço Marquesan inlet of the Indian Ocean, in S Mozambique

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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It would appear, too, that there is also some possibility of a column moving from Delagoa Bay.

In spite of a bar at the entrance and a number of shallows within, Delagoa Bay forms a valuable harbour, accessible to large vessels at all seasons of the year.

The French Chargeurs-Reunis started a line of steamers from Havre via Lisbon to Loanda, Madagascar, Delagoa Bay, touching at Capetown, when so disposed, but this line has discontinued calling in on Loanda.

Thence he lay a course for Delagoa Bay, on the S.E. coast of Africa, opposite the island of Madagascar, on which, on 30th March, 1777, he was so unfortunate as to get stranded, when he was compelled to start a portion of his cargo overboard.

Finally, on his urgent request, I sent him out through Portuguese territory to Delagoa Bay, where he caught a steamer for his home in America.

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