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Delagoa Bay

American  
[del-uh-goh-uh, del-] / ˈdɛl əˈgoʊ ə, ˌdɛl- /

noun

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


Delagoa Bay British  
/ ˌdɛləˈɡəʊə /

noun

  1. Official name: Baía de Lourenço Marques.  an 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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They first proceeded to East London, then north to Delagoa Bay, and finally to Zanzibar.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

The region north of Delagoa Bay has been under the rule of an independent Zulu chief.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

The station, formerly called Elandsfontein Junction, is the meeting-point of lines from the ports of the Cape and Natal, and from Johannesburg, Pretoria and Delagoa Bay.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

Such news as we get comes by Beira, and as there is no cable between Delagoa Bay and Beira, this makes things worse.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis

To-day Delagoa Bay could not be bought for twenty million pounds.

From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe

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