Lourenço Marques
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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After a year of fear and turmoil in Lourenço Marques — Maputo’s name at the time — Mozambique became independent in 1975.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho was born Aug. 31, 1936, in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the capital of the African state of Mozambique.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
For several days, Howard hid Churchill in his mine, then, with the help of several friends, smuggled him onto a freight train to Lourenço Marques, the capital of Portuguese East Africa.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2016
In a secure hiding-place I waited for a suitable train, knowing that there is a through service between Middelburg and Lourenço Marques.
From London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Churchill, Winston
The Igotz Mendi had left Lourenço Marques on November 5th, and was due at Colombo on the 22nd.
From Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' by Trayes, Frederic George
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