Massaua
Americannoun
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A U.S. naval officer, taking a breather in Cairo last week, perspired comfortably and wished that the Italians could see what had happened at the Red Sea port of Massaua.
From Time Magazine Archive
Italian seamen had boasted that they did a thorough job of destruction when they scuttled or burned or smashed everything useful in Massaua harbor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Massaua, in Eritrea, had once been one of Mussolini's biggest naval bases outside of Italy.
From Time Magazine Archive
He inspected II Duce's colonial Massaua, dedicated a new.-cathedral at Port Said, unflinchingly visited lepers in Colombo, enjoyed receptions in Bombay and Singapore.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pearl-fishers at Yemen and Massaua asserted that there was no coral near the pearl-banks at nine fathoms depth, but only sand.
From Coral Reefs by Darwin, Charles
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