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Oujda

American  
[ooj-dah] / udʒˈdɑ /

noun

  1. a city in NE Morocco.


Oujda British  
/ uːdʒˈdɑː /

noun

  1. a city in NE Morocco, near the border with Algeria: frontier post. Pop: 454 000 (2003)

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Two members of Morocco’s security forces and 33 migrants who were injured during the border breach were being treated at hospitals in the Moroccan cities of Nador and Oujda, MAP said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 25, 2022

Although details about his roots have been kept murky, most accounts agree that Mr. Bouteflika was born March 2, 1937, in Oujda, Morocco, which borders Algeria.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2021

Some biographers say Bouteflika was born in Tlemcen, western Algeria, and others give his place of birth as Oujda, just over the border in Morocco.

From Reuters ● Mar. 11, 2019

The men, and the NGOs who help them in Oujda, refer routinely to Frontex, but a Frontex spokeswoman was keen to point out the agency has no formal presence in Melilla.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2013

As inspired as I was by the troops in Addis, I knew that our own force would be more like these troops here in Oujda, and I could only hope they would fight as valiantly.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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