Lourenço Marques

/ (ləˈrɛnsəʊ ˈmɑːk, ˈmɑːks, Portuguese loˈrẽsu ˈmarkɪʃ) /


noun
  1. the former name (until 1975) of Maputo

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How to use Lourenço Marques in a sentence

  • And thus the whole party, including the Lancers' doctor, were sent to Lourenco Marques that very day.

  • I cursed myself for not writing to Aitken at Lourenco Marques weeks before.

    Prester John | John Buchan
  • The bridge which would enable the troops to receive their supplies from Lourenco Marques was still intact.

    The Great Boer War | Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I had all too little of Tam's good company, for on the afternoon of the second day we reached the little town of Lourenco Marques.

    Prester John | John Buchan