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mozambique

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,920 of 15,258mostly written

Mozambique is a long Indian Ocean country whose flag carries a rifle. Travel to Mozambique, born in Mozambique, the coast of Mozambique.

It is the only national flag in the world with a modern rifle on it, kept after a referendum despite regular proposals to remove it. Portuguese is the official language, and the country has some two and a half thousand kilometres of coastline.

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Definitions of mozambique

  1. 1nounmozambiqueA country on the Indian Ocean coast of Africa.B2+

    “Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, lies on the Indian Ocean.”

mozambique is a country.

Where it comes from

Named from the island of Mozambique, itself said to be named after an Arab trader, Musa bin Bique.

Built from

  • Mozambique · English — former Portuguese colony

From Mozambique (“former Portuguese colony”); see more there.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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