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Melilla

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Me·lil·la  (m-llyä)
A Spanish city on the Mediterranean coast of northeast Morocco. Conquered by Spain c. 1496, it was the site of the 1936 revolt that triggered the Spanish Civil War. Population: 69,400.
Melilla (French) [melija]
n
(Placename) the chief town of a Spanish enclave in Morocco, on the Mediterranean coast: founded by the Phoenicians; exports iron ore. Pop.: 59 576 (1996 est.)
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