Mostaganem

British  

/ məˌstæɡəˈnɛm /

noun

1. a port in NW Algeria, on the Mediterranean Sea: exports wine, fruit, and vegetables. Pop: 133 000 (2005 est)

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The Arabs attacked Mostaganem and Arzee and lured Yussuf, the commander of the new French corps of native Spahis, into an ambush.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson

The first stone of the new city and fortress had been laid by the Sultan in May, 1836; and as the place grew, a population of settlers from Mascara, Mostaganem, and other towns poured in.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Senussi, a Mohammedan brotherhood in the Soudan, founded by Mohammed-es-Senussi from Mostaganem, in Algeria, who flourished between 1830 and 1860.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

"No, indeed," answered Ben Zoof, with a sigh; he was manifestly disappointed that his return to Mostaganem was not welcomed with a triumphal reception.

From Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Jules Verne

Her daughter had been married and was living at Bordeaux, and her son was in garrison at Mostaganem.

From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Gustave Flaubert