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Example sentences from the Web for MassawaMassawa is the natural port for northern Abyssinia but commerce is undeveloped owing to the lack of rapid means of communication. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7|Various Massawa, one of the hottest spots in the furnace of Africa is the capital of the Italian colony of Eritrea. Influences of Geographic Environment|Ellen Churchill Semple Italy renounced her protectorate, and contented herself with a strip of coast by Massawa. A Short History of Italy|Henry Dwight Sedgwick A railway from Massawa to Asmara was completed as far as Ghinda, at the foot of the plateau, in 1904. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7|Various
A second and larger expedition, under Prince Hassan, the son of the khedive, was sent the following year from Massawa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2|Various
nouna port in E central Eritrea, on the Red Sea: capital of Eritrea during Italian occupation, from 1885 until 1900. Pop: 36 700 (2004 est) Words nearby MassawaMassapequa, Massapequa Park, massasauga, Massasoit, Massaua, Massawa, Mass book, Mass card, masscult, mass defect, massé Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |