Suakin

/ ˈsuːɑːkɪn /

noun

a port in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea: formerly the chief port of the African Red Sea; now obstructed by a coral reef. Pop: reliable recent estimates are not available

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He rose early and continued along the broad plains to the white city of Suakin.

On the deserted track between Berber and Suakin the wells of Obak are sunk deep amongst mounds of shifting sand.

As things happened, Feversham still waited for three years in the bazaar at Suakin before it did.

There had been no personal danger to the inhabitants of Suakin since the days of that last reconnaissance.

He brought it down to that very day, for he ended with the news of Lieutenant Sutch's departure for Suakin.

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