Melilla
Americannoun
noun
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His father, Sufiel, was born in Melilla - a Spanish city on the north African coast - into a Moroccan family.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
Just east of Tangier, the massive Gourougou forest has become a base for thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa seeking to enter the nearby Spanish enclave of Melilla illegally.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
“The lessons of Melilla must be learned or – as the shipwreck off the Greek coast shows – arbitrary loss of life, violence and impunity at borders will continue,” Callamard added.
From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023
One of the sites he visits is the series of razor-wire fences that separates the Spanish exclave of Melilla from surrounding Morocco.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023
Melilla ad mare internum conspicua urbs Hispano paret.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard
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