Sidi-bel-Abbès

[ see-dee-bel-uh-bes ]

noun

1. a city in NW Algeria.

Sidi-bel-Abbès

/ sidibɛlabɛs /

noun

1. a city in NW Algeria: headquarters of the Foreign Legion until Algerian independence (1962). Pop: 201 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

In a show of impudent strength, they staged a coordinated attack on Sidi-bel-Abbes, the storied home of the Foreign Legion itself.

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Total casualties in Sidi-bel-Abbes' 30 minutes of terror: eight dead, 17 wounded.

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Former Middleweight Champion Marcel Cerdan, killed in a plane crash in 1949, was born in the Foreign Legion town of Sidi-bel-Abbes.

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Infirmerie de Garnison ler Regiment Etranger Sidi-bel-Abbes, Algeria Quite a Story Sirs: One day Generalissimo Francisco Franco sent his representative, a Mr. Toca, to Berne in order to solicit recognition by the Swiss Government for his regime.

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In thick khaki uniforms and broad blue sashes, 508 men of the French Foreign Legion marched in full equipment to the railway yards at Sidi-bel-Abbes, Legion headquarters in Algeria, and entrained for French Morocco.

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