Benguela

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Benguela [bɛŋˈgwɛlə]

(Placename) a port in W Angola: founded in 1617; a terminus (with Lobito) of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Pop.: 41 000 (latest est.)

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Lobito			Before daylight broke the ebb-tide would have carried the Kincaid well into the Benguela current which flows northward along the coast of Africa, and, as a south wind was prevailing, Jane hoped to be out of sight of the mouth of the Ugambi before Rokoff could become aware of the departure of the steamer. The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context 274) there is a curious account of the effects of a drought on the elephants, at Benguela (west coast of Africa). The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context			benevolent fund benevolently benevolous benficiate Benfleet Benford's law BEng Bengal Bengal bean Bengal kino Bengal light Bengal rose Bengal stripes Bengal tiger Bengalee Bengalese Bengali bengaline Bengasi Bengbu Benghal bean Benghazi bengola BEngr BEngSci Benguela Beni Beni Hasan Benicia benight benighted Benightment benign benign neglect benign prostatic hyperplasia benign tumor benign tumour benignancy benignant benignantly benignity benignly Benim Benin Benin City Benin franc Beninese Benioff zone benison Benitier Benito Mussolini			Bengbu Public Security Bureau Bengbu Public Security Bureau Bengel, Johann Albrecht Bengfu Bengfu Benghal bean Benghasi Benghasi Benghazi Benghazi Benghazi Benina International Airport Benghazi Centre for Infectious Diseases and Immunology Benghazi Engineering Consulting Bureau Benghazi Regional Control Center Benghazi, Libya Benghazi, Libya Bengladesh Bengladesh Benglis, Lynda BEngMgt bengola BEngr BEngr BENGRS BEngSci BEngSoc Bengt Emmerik Danielsson BEngTech Benguela Benguela Current Benguela Current Commission Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem Benguela Fisheries Interaction Training Programme Benguela ocean current Benguelense Benguella Benguella Benguella, Angola Benguella, Angola Benguet Antamok Gold Operation Benguet Auto Line Benguet General Hospital Benguet School of Arts and Trades Benguet State University Benguet, Ifugao, Bontoc, Apayao, and Kalinga Bengulooru Bengulooru Bengzon Negre Untalan Benha Benha Benhadad Benham disc Benham disk Benham top

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