Mozambique

[ moh-zam-beek, -zuhm- ]

noun

1. a republic in southeastern Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 297,731 sq. mi. (771,123 sq. km). : Maputo. Formerly Por·tu·guese East Af·ri·ca.
2. a seaport on an island just off the northeastern coast of this republic.

Mozambique

/ ˌməʊzəmˈbiːk /

noun

1. a republic in SE Africa: colonized by the Portuguese from 1505 onwards and a slave-trade centre until 1878; made an overseas province of Portugal in 1951; became an independent republic in 1975; became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: animist majority. Currency: metical. Capital: Maputo. Pop: 24 096 669 (2013 est). Area: 812 379 sq km (313 661 sq miles) Portuguese nameMoçambique Also called (until 1975)Portuguese East Africa

Mozambique

1. Republic in southeastern Africa on the Indian Ocean , bordered by South Africa to the south, Swaziland to the southwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Zambia , Malawi , and Tanzania to the north. It was a possession of Portugal from 1505 until 1975. Its capital and largest city is Maputo.

Example Sentences

Elsewhere, such as in Mozambique and Syria, terrorists are fighting brutal battles against government security forces.

From Ozy

In Mozambique, they are training recruits to defend against marauding militants linked to Islamic State.

From Ozy

Sandwiched between Kenya to the north and Mozambique to the south, Tanzania had been considered a relative beacon of stability in East Africa since it secured independence from Britain in the early 1960s.

From Washington Post

Although initial stewardship efforts began in 1995, in 2008 the Mozambique government and American nonprofit Carr Foundation agreed to team up on a decades-long plan—called the Gorongosa Restoration Project—to bolster biodiversity.

From Popular-Science

Those buyers are closer to cheaper gas from places like Russia, Qatar and Mozambique.

From ProPublica

By the time I arrived, however, the war in Mozambique was over and the attacks had subsided.

From The Daily Beast

Workers came from all over Africa, including Malawi, Mozambique, and Namibia.

From The Daily Beast

During the 1970s, communist regimes also took power in Angola, Mozambique, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Yemen, and Afghanistan.

From The Daily Beast

He now divides his time between Sweden and Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as a director at Teatro Avenida.

From The Daily Beast

Soon enough, Mozambique was suffering along with everyone else through no fault of its own.

From The Daily Beast

They have not the thick lips of the Kaffirs and natives of Mozambique.

From Project Gutenberg

Anyhow, we went wrong; and it is a baddish place to go wrong, I can tell you, is the Mozambique Channel.

From Project Gutenberg

The Zambesi, and other rivers which descend from the central plateau, refresh the plains of Mozambique and Zanzibar.

From Project Gutenberg

Between the north-eastern borders of the Transvaal and the coast lies the Portuguese colony Mozambique.

From Project Gutenberg

He sent on board two experienced pilots, the Mozambique pilot also agreeing to go with them.

From Project Gutenberg