Tlemcen
Americannoun
noun
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Algerian officials also confirmed that the body of a man was found after last week's incident, and was taken for an autopsy in the city of Tlemcen, close to the countries' shared border.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023
Some reports say Mr. Bouteflika’s parents had been seeking refuge when they fled to Morocco from their Algerian home near the city of Tlemcen.
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
As the seat of a medieval dynasty that controlled much of North Africa, Tlemcen has long been a center of Islamic learning, culture and art.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2011
Christendom was completely bewildered: hitherto the relations between the nations and the Kings of Tunis, Tlemcen, Fez, and others of the North African potentates, had been of the most agreeable description.
From Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean by Currey, E. Hamilton
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