Walfish Bay

[ wawl-fish ]

/ ˈwɔl fɪʃ /

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noun

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Words nearby Walfish Bay

Waler, Wales, Wałęsa, Walesa, Lech, Waley, Walfish Bay, Walhalla, wali, waling, walk, walkable

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How to use Walfish Bay in a sentence

In the neighborhood of Walfish Bay man and beast live upon this gourd almost exclusively for three months in the year.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam
From Walfish Bay there are tracks which lead inland to a mission station in Damaraland.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam
It was some hundred miles to the north of Walfish Bay, the nearest point where Europeans were located.
In the Wilds of Africa|W.H.G. Kingston
I clung on to it, and was picked up a day or two afterwards by a vessel which had to touch at Walfish Bay on her way to the Cape.
In the Wilds of Africa|W.H.G. Kingston

On reaching Walfish Bay, we safely embarked the valuable produce we had collected.
Adventures in Africa|W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for Walfish Bay

Walfish Bay

/ (ˈwɔːlfɪʃ) /

noun

a variant spelling of Walvis Bay

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