Dakhla
Americannoun
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an oasis in southern Egypt: source of ocher.
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Formerly Villa Cisneros. a seaport and town in Western Sahara: former capital of Río de Oro in the former Spanish Sahara, on the northwest coast of Africa.
Example Sentences
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The coastguard instructed the vessel to take the migrant boat to Dakhla port - 60 miles away.
From BBC • May 1, 2025
Bard cautioned, however, that although she has seen yardangs at the Dakhla Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert, she has never seen a yardang that looks like the one the team produced in their study.
From Scientific American • Nov. 11, 2023
Twenty-eight other countries - mostly African and Arab - have opened consulates in the Western Saharan cities of Dakhla or Laayoune, in what Morocco sees as tangible support for its Western Saharan rule.
From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2023
She said that 16 of the dead had been recovered and were in Dakhla, a port city in the Western Sahara where the voyage began, awaiting formal identification.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021
The great Sahara Desert was then crossed, the L-59 passing over the oasis of Farafrah and then Dakhla.
From Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement by Vissering, Harry
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