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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Example Sentences

Its founder, Seyid Mahommed ben Sennussi, was born near Mostaganem, Algeria, about the year 1800.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop

From Oran and Mostaganem three columns were sent forth against the tribes occupying the large expanse of territory lying between the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean, and the tribes extending toward the Sahara.

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

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 Nuttall, P. Austin

Had the towns of Algiers, Oran, and Mostaganem escaped the inundation?

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

He died at Mostaganem in Algeria on the 14th of July 1859.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various