Lourenço Marques

British  

/ ləˈrɛnsəʊ ˈmɑːk, loˈrẽsu ˈmarkɪʃ, ˈmɑːks /

noun

1. the former name (until 1975) of Maputo

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Example Sentences

Then there was the legendary Eusebio, who played for Sporting's feeder club Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques in Mozambique but ended up signing for Benfica and helping them to 11 league titles and a European Cup in 15 seasons, while also winning the Ballon d'Or.

From BBC

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

He attended state schools in Lourenço Marques at a time when Portugal was engaged in several wars against independence groups in its African colonies, and he enrolled in the Military Academy in Lisbon in 1955, at the age of 19, assigned to Angola as an artillery captain in 1961.

From Washington Post

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

Salvation, or rather its promise, arrives in the form of de Melo, who has traveled hundreds of miles across “the vast hinterland” from the poorly fortified capital of Lourenço Marques.

From New York Times