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Definition of Nouakchott

1. Noun. Capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast.

Definition of Nouakchott

1. Proper noun. The capital of Mauritania. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nouakchott

Literary usage of Nouakchott

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

1. Mauritania's Campaign of Terror: State-Sponsored Repression of Black Africans by Janet Fleischman (1994)
"Those who later moved to Nouakchott or retired to Mauritania, and especially ... THE RIOTS IN DAKAR AND Nouakchott Following the border clashes in Diawara ..."

2. Agricultural Marketing Directory for U.S. & Africa Trade by Mary E. Lassanyi, Wayne Olson (1997)
"Directeur General des Douanes, Direction Generale des Douanes, BP 198, Nouakchott, Mauritania. Tel: 2-51404; FAX: 2-55615 [Customs authority] Mauritania's ..."

3. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"Abdi and Lt Moctar Abdel Fetah, Nouakchott, 10 February 2001. " The Landmine Monitor researcher observed that the ordnance maps were dated 1963 and 1972, ..."

4. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"Although the Government provides a small stipend to the imam of the Central Mosque in the capital city of Nouakchott, mosques and Koranic schools normally ..."

5. Food Security in the Sahel: Variable Import Levy, Grain Reserves, and by John McIntire (1981)
"Nouakchott. 1979, p. 54. To be sure. Richard adds that public agencies must respect "a price equilibrium between local and imported products. ..."

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