Tlemcen

or Tlem·sen

[ tlem-sen ]

noun

1. a city in NW Algeria.

Tlemcen

/ tlɛmsɛn /

noun

1. a city in NW Algeria: capital of an Arab kingdom from the 12th to the late 14th century. Pop: 177 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

At Tlemcen, where within the memory of man locusts had never appeared, the ground was covered with them.

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I was not physically capable of performing the journey to Tlemcen and back before her arrival.

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The chief reason for coming to Oran at all is that it is the most convenient starting-point for Tlemcen.

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In the third century Tlemcen underwent a formidable siege at the hand of a Soudanese and his followers.

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Tlemcen has many mosques, of which three must be noted as having been viewed and remarked, as the antiquarians put it.

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