Cabora Bassa

/ (kəË?bÉ”Ë?rÉ™ Ë?bÃ¦sÉ™) /

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noun

the site on the Zambezi River in N Mozambique of the largest dam in southern Africa

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Words nearby Cabora Bassa

caboched, cabochon, caboclo, caboodle, caboose, Cabora Bassa, Cabo Rojo, caboshed, Cabot, cabotage, Cabot's ring body

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How to use Cabora Bassa in a sentence

Unwisely, he took a shortcut and so missed the impassable Cabora Bassa cataracts blocking the river.
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? The Victorian Explorer at 200|Tim Jeal|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Agents of the ACS had previously tried to buy this very land, but the local Bassa chief, King Peter, had declined to sell.
'And So Liberia Was Born'|Ellen Johnson Sirleaf|April 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Bassa'nio, the lover of Portia, successful in his choice of the three caskets, which awarded her to him as wife.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
The agricultural operations at Bassa Cove and Bexley have produced very satisfactory results.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851|Various

At that moment the Bassa chanced to pass the Cadi's house, and hearing a great noise, entered to inquire the cause.
The Grey Fairy Book|Various
But the Bassa made him signs of forgiveness, and asked him how he had escaped death when he had thrown himself from the cliff.
The Grey Fairy Book|Various
Their religion is different from yours, and further, they are the betrothed brides of the sons of the Bassa of the Sea.
The Grey Fairy Book|Various

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