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Definition of mozambique in English English dictionary: Country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (República de Moçambique); {i} republic in southeastern Africa; a country in southeast Africa, between Tanzania and South Africa. Population: 19,371,000 (2001). Capital: Maputo. officially Republic of Mozambique formerly Portuguese East Africa Country, southeastern coast of Africa; a republic on the eastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
Mozambique Channel: A strait in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique
Mozambique Channel: {i} channel of the Indian Ocean in southeastern Africa between Mozambique and Madagascar
Mozambique Channel: An arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the mainland of southeast Africa. Strait, western Indian Ocean. Located between Madagascar and Mozambique, it is about 950 mi (1,530 km) long, 250-625 mi (400-1,000 km) wide, and has a maximum depth of 10,000 ft (3,000 m). An important shipping route for eastern Africa, it receives all major Madagascar rivers and fronts the ports of Mahajanga and Toliara in Madagascar. Along the Mozambican coast are the mouth of the Zambezi River and the ports of Maputo and Beira
mozambique channel: an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa
mozambique monetary unit: monetary unit in Mozambique

mozambique

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Mo·zam·bique

mōzämbik

/ˌmōzamˈbēk/ /ˌmoʊzæmˈbiːk/

() Portuguese Moçambique, from the name of sultan Muça Alebique.

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