Sidi Ifni

[see-dee eef-nee]

noun

1. a seaport in W Morocco: former capital of Ifni.

Example Sentences

The government admitted that the Spanish defenders had abandoned the frontier outposts to the invading Moroccan irregulars, and had drawn back to regroup around the town of Sidi Ifni itself.

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Last week, with Moroccans encircling Sidi Ifni's tightly held perimeter, Madrid merged all the rest of its West African colonies under one military governor, and set up the new administration at the fortified town of Aiun, 250 miles south of Ifni.

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