Sokotra

/ (səˈkəʊtrə) /

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noun

a variant spelling of Socotra

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Words nearby Sokotra

soke, sokeman, sokemanry, soken, Sokoto, Sokotra, sol, sola, solace, solan, Solana

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Example sentences from the Web for Sokotra

Sokotra itself is situated about 240 miles from Cape Guardafui, and is about 500 miles from Aden.
Southern Arabia|Theodore Bent
They send sharks' fins to China from here, as well as from Sokotra and the Somali coast.
Southern Arabia|Theodore Bent
The chief continental islands are Madagascar, Sokotra and Ceylon.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
We assured them that we had landed in Sokotra (which they pronounce Sakoutra) to see the island, and not to circumnavigate it.
Southern Arabia|Theodore Bent

They had heard how a Sokotran man had turned a woman of Maskat into a seal and forced her to swim over to Sokotra in that shape.
Southern Arabia|Theodore Bent

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