Gaberones


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Gaberones

(ˌɡæbəˈrəʊnɛs)
n
(Placename) the former name for Gaborone

Ga•bo•ro•ne

(ˌgɑ bəˈroʊ ni, ˌgæb ə-)

n.
the capital of Botswana, in the SE part. 110,973. Formerly, Gaberones.
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Prior to that, she worked in neuropsychological research at Massachusetts General Hospital and taught Biological Sciences near Boston and in Gaberones, Botswana, Africa with the Peace Corps.
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Other Frontline States were also targeted during the 1980s and in addition to various forms of economic compulsion (for example, blockades, embargoes, withholding of customs revenues), a number of military raids were launched against Maputo (1981 and 1986); Gaberones (1985 and 1988); Maseru (1982 and 1985); and Harare (1986).
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The District Commissioner at Gaberones reported in March 1942:
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