Definition of Mozambique channel

1. Noun. An arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa.

Generic synonyms: Channel
Group relationships: Indian Ocean

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

Mouseketeers
Moussorgsky
Mouton
Movember
Movement 2 June
Movement for Democratic Change
Movement for Revenge
Movement of Holy Warriors
Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru
Mowry's colloidal iron stain
Moxoene
Mozabite
Mozambican
Mozambicans
Mozambique
Mozambique Channel
Mozambique monetary unit
Mozarab
Mozarabic
Mozarabs
Mozarkite
Mozart
Mozart ear
Mozartean
Mozartian
Mozarts
Mozzie
Mozzies
Mpigi
Mpls

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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