Timgad

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Tim·gad

 (tĭm′găd′)
An ancient Roman city in northeast Algeria. Founded by Trajan in ad 100, it is sometimes called "the Pompeii of North Africa" because of its extensive, well-preserved ruins.
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Noun1.Timgad - an ancient town founded by the RomansTimgad - an ancient town founded by the Romans; noted for extensive and well-preserved ruins
Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria - a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s
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