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Mostaganem

British  
/ məˌstæɡəˈnɛm /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mostaganem rejoiced in a well-sheltered harbor, which enabled her to utilize all the rich products of the Mina and the Lower Shelif.

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

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

At that date, Mostaganem contained about fifteen thousand inhabitants, three thousand of whom were French.

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

"Well, I am curious to know what they think of all this at Mostaganem," said the captain.

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

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 Emerson, Edwin

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