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Definition of Mozambique Channel
1. Noun. An arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa.
Definition of Mozambique Channel
1. Proper noun. A strait in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mozambique Channel
Literary usage of Mozambique Channel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"Mozambique Channel, the passage between the E. coast of Africa and the island of
Madagascar, lat. 12° to° 8. At its S. entrance it is 650 m. wide, ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"... ISLAND, Mozambique channel, IX. 646. Johannes, king of Abyssinia: see Kasa (Index).
Johannes Parvus: see JoHN OF ..."
3. Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843: And by William Dallas Bernard, William Hutcheon Hall (1844)
"... to the eastward — Mozambique Channel — Orders to proceed through it—Cleared
for Port Essington—More "mystery"—Tremendous gale in the Mozambique Channel ..."
4. History and Ethnography of Africa South of the Zambesi: From the Settlement by George McCall Theal (1907)
"... four hundred and fifty souls on board, and in the night of the 18th of August
struck upon a shoal in the Mozambique channel, where she went to pieces. ..."
5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"Mozambique Channel, the passage between the E. coast of Africa and the island of
Madagascar, lat. 12° to° 8. At its S. entrance it is 650 m. wide, ..."
6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"... ISLAND, Mozambique channel, IX. 646. Johannes, king of Abyssinia: see Kasa (Index).
Johannes Parvus: see JoHN OF ..."
7. Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843: And by William Dallas Bernard, William Hutcheon Hall (1844)
"... to the eastward — Mozambique Channel — Orders to proceed through it—Cleared
for Port Essington—More "mystery"—Tremendous gale in the Mozambique Channel ..."
8. History and Ethnography of Africa South of the Zambesi: From the Settlement by George McCall Theal (1907)
"... four hundred and fifty souls on board, and in the night of the 18th of August
struck upon a shoal in the Mozambique channel, where she went to pieces. ..."
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