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Delagoa Bay

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Del·a·go·a Bay  (dl-g)
An inlet of the Indian Ocean in southern Mozambique. The Portuguese arrived in the bay in 1502 and explored the adjoining territory after 1544. Portugal's claim to the area was upheld in 1875 after a dispute with Great Britain.
Delagoa Bay [ˌdɛləˈgəʊə]
n
(Placename) an inlet of the Indian Ocean, in S Mozambique Official name Baía de Lourenço Marques


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We talked together for a while, for he could speak broken English, and I understood a little Portugee, and he told me that his name was Jose Silvestre, and that he had a place near Delagoa Bay.
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