Biskra
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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They moved to Biskra after the Americans invaded North Africa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Into the Saharan oasis town of Biskra rolled a cautious column of halftracks loaded with olive-uniformed Algerian troops.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just as he came in sight of the great chott between Biskra and Touggourt, Stephen heard a sound which struck him strangely in the silence of the desert.
From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
Nevill and Lady MacGregor had started from Biskra at five o'clock that morning, having arrived there the evening before.
From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
The wild music of the tom-tom, a primitive Arab drum, seemed to us never to cease at Biskra.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various
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