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Sidi-bel-Abbès

American  
[see-dee-bel-uh-bes] / ˈsi di bɛl əˈbɛs /

noun

  1. a city in NW Algeria.


Sidi-bel-Abbès British  
/ sidibɛlabɛs /

noun

  1. a city in NW Algeria: headquarters of the Foreign Legion until Algerian independence (1962). Pop: 201 000 (2005 est)

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Former Middleweight Champion Marcel Cerdan, killed in a plane crash in 1949, was born in the Foreign Legion town of Sidi-bel-Abbes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Infirmerie de Garnison ler Regiment Etranger Sidi-bel-Abbes, Algeria Quite a Story Sirs: One day Generalissimo Francisco Franco sent his representative, a Mr. Toca, to Berne in order to solicit recognition by the Swiss Government for his regime.

From Time Magazine Archive

In thick khaki uniforms and broad blue sashes, 508 men of the French Foreign Legion marched in full equipment to the railway yards at Sidi-bel-Abbes, Legion headquarters in Algeria, and entrained for French Morocco.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Algeria, in Sidi-bel-Abbes, hot and dusty citadel of the Legion, there was an ordinary dress parade, no more.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had heard all about it, too; she knew every étape of the 48th of the Line—from the camp at Sathonay to Sidi-Bel-Abbès, and from Daya to Djebel-Mikaidon.

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