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mozambique
/ˌmoʊzæmˈbik/
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What does mozambique mean?
noun
- Any of various kinds of dress material.
- A native or inhabitant of Mozambique; a Mozambican.
- Alternative letter-case form of mozambique (“fabric”).
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proper noun
- A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.
- An island or its town in the province of Nampula, Mozambique, from which its name was transferred to the country.
- A broad strait, the modern Mozambique Channel, which separates the island of Madagascar from the African mainland of Mozambique.
- (historical) The former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.
- (historical) A former colony of Portugal.
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We are now in the Mozambique Channel, between Madagascar and South Africa, sailing straight west for Delagoa Bay.
The closure of traditional trade routes through Mozambique continues to be a constraint on the economy.
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On the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th of November, in the Mozambique Channel, she experienced a hard gale of wind from the southwest.
There were Caffres, Fingoes, a Mantatee, one boy evidently of some Oriental blood, with glossy, smooth hair and a copper skin—and the rest Bastaards of various hues, some mixed with black, probably Mozambique.
It is also found in Madagascar, Mozambique, Ceylon, Hindoostan, and nearly all the tropical islands of the world.