- a variation of Djibouti.
Jibuti
Americannoun
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A yard- wide French-operated railway climbs from French Jibuti on the Gulf of Aden 500 miles inland to Addis Ababa, the capital of Abyssinia.
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Landing at Jibuti on the Gulf of Aden, Ambassador & Mrs. Jacoby and their suite entered a private train for the 780-mi. journey to New Flower, the tin-roofed capital of the King of Kings.
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The Prince is also to propose that Jibuti be made into a free port, in order that his country may have an outlet to the sea.
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From there, they will go south to Sobat, and then travel eastward, through Abyssinia, to Jibuti, whence they will sail for France.
From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite
Absolute equality of treatment on the railway and at Jibuti was guaranteed to the commerce of all the Powers.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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