Definition of Sapele

1. a W. African tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapele

sap tube
sapadilla
sapadillas
sapajo
sapajos
sapajou
sapajous
sapan
sapans
sapanwood
sapanwoods
sapecin
sapego
sapegoes
sapele (current term)
sapele mahogany
sapeles
sapful
saphead
sapheaded
sapheads
saphena
saphenae
saphenas
saphenectomy
saphenous
saphenous branch of descending genicular artery
saphenous hiatus
saphenous nerve

Literary usage of Sapele

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"He was well dressed in silk. sapele was finally reached after a march of a little over two days, but if time had pressed it could have been reached sooner. ..."

2. The Benin Massacre by Alan Maxwell Boisragon (1897)
"The Ethiope comes into sapele from the east, and was the south-east boundary of the Benin Kingdom. On the left bank are another tribe called the ..."

3. West African Studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1899)
"sapele is a place that has come very much into notice since the country has been under the jurisdiction of the Niger Coast Protectorate, and is without ..."

4. West African Studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1899)
"sapele is a place that has come very much into notice since the country has been under the jurisdiction of the Niger Coast Protectorate, and is without ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"... River have been communicated by Dr. HR Mill, and further communications of the same class are very desirable. The abstracts for Bolobo, Warri, sapele, ..."

6. British Nigeria: A Geographical and Historical Description of the British by Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman (1902)
"Above this the river is still of some size, but at a distance of about fifty miles from its mouth, close to sapele.f it bifurcates, the two arms being known ..."

7. Africa Pilot by United States Hydrographic Office (1916)
"The steamers of the Elder, Dempster Line call at Benin River, proceeding up to sapele. They generally go over Forcados Bar and through Nanna and ..."

8. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"He was well dressed in silk. sapele was finally reached after a march of a little over two days, but if time had pressed it could have been reached sooner. ..."

9. The Benin Massacre by Alan Maxwell Boisragon (1897)
"The Ethiope comes into sapele from the east, and was the south-east boundary of the Benin Kingdom. On the left bank are another tribe called the ..."

10. West African Studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1899)
"sapele is a place that has come very much into notice since the country has been under the jurisdiction of the Niger Coast Protectorate, and is without ..."

11. West African Studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1899)
"sapele is a place that has come very much into notice since the country has been under the jurisdiction of the Niger Coast Protectorate, and is without ..."

12. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"... River have been communicated by Dr. HR Mill, and further communications of the same class are very desirable. The abstracts for Bolobo, Warri, sapele, ..."

13. British Nigeria: A Geographical and Historical Description of the British by Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman (1902)
"Above this the river is still of some size, but at a distance of about fifty miles from its mouth, close to sapele.f it bifurcates, the two arms being known ..."

14. Africa Pilot by United States Hydrographic Office (1916)
"The steamers of the Elder, Dempster Line call at Benin River, proceeding up to sapele. They generally go over Forcados Bar and through Nanna and ..."

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