Mozambique

[ moh-zam-beek, -zuh m- ]

/ ˌmoʊ zæmˈbik, -zəm- /

noun

Formerly Portuguese East Africa. a republic in SE Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 297,731 sq. mi. (771,123 sq. km). Capital: Maputo.

a seaport on an island just off the NE coast of this republic.

Portuguese Moçambique.

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By the time I arrived, however, the war in Mozambique was over and the attacks had subsided.

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Workers came from all over Africa, including Malawi, Mozambique, and Namibia.

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During the 1970s, communist regimes also took power in Angola, Mozambique, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Yemen, and Afghanistan.

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He now divides his time between Sweden and Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as a director at Teatro Avenida.

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Soon enough, Mozambique was suffering along with everyone else through no fault of its own.

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Yet a movement was going on: and it was to assure himself of this that the Mozambique was so attentive.

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After five months of perpetual navigation, it arrived at Mozambique, towards the end of August.

The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI. (of 18) |John Dryden
Further, we obtained the northern part of Mozambique; the frontier was formed by the Likungo.

Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 |Various
It is separated from the African mainland by the Mozambique Channel, only seventy-five miles wide.

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The navigation of the Mozambique Channel was especially calm and pleasant.

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British Dictionary definitions for mozambique

Mozambique

/ (ˌməʊzəmˈbiːk) /

noun

a republic in SE Africa: colonized by the Portuguese from 1505 onwards and a slave-trade centre until 1878; made an overseas province of Portugal in 1951; became an independent republic in 1975; became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: animist majority. Currency: metical. Capital: Maputo. Pop: 24 096 669 (2013 est). Area: 812 379 sq km (313 661 sq miles) Portuguese name: Moçambique Also called (until 1975): Portuguese East Africa

Cultural definitions for mozambique

Mozambique

[ (moh-zuhm-beek) ]

Republic in southeastern Africa on the Indian Ocean, bordered by South Africa to the south, Swaziland to the southwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Tanzania to the north. It was a possession of Portugal from 1505 until 1975. Its capital and largest city is Maputo.

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