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Oran
[ aw-ran, oh-ran; French aw-rahn ]
noun
- a seaport in NW Algeria.
Oran
/ əˈræn; ɔrɑ̃; əˈrɑːn /
noun
- a port in NW Algeria: the second largest city in the country; scene of the destruction by the British of most of the French fleet in the harbour in 1940 to prevent its capture by the Germans. Pop: 744 000 (2005 est)
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Portland, ORAn emphasis on free-thinking makes it a place where even aging hippies can find love.
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He served in administrative capacities at the relief of Ceuta in that year and in the reoccupation of Oran in 1731.
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He declared, 'that I could turn Chro challin or Oran gaoil almost as well as his mother,—white be the place of her soul!'
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He did not look more than nineteen, and came from near Oran.
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Besides being one of the principal district towns of the province of Oran, it was also a military station.
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The two religious monuments of Oran are celebrated throughout all Algeria.
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