Lourenço Marques
/ (ləˈrɛnsəʊ ˈmɑːk, ˈmɑːks, Portuguese loˈrẽsu ˈmarkɪʃ) /
noun
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.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War | Ben Viljoen.I cursed myself for not writing to Aitken at Lourenco Marques weeks before.
Prester John | John BuchanThe bridge which would enable the troops to receive their supplies from Lourenco Marques was still intact.
The Great Boer War | Arthur Conan DoyleI 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
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