Douaouda

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From Arabic دُوَاوْدَة (duwāwda).

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Douaouda

  1. A city in Algeria.
    • 1859, Edward Vernon Harcourt, Sporting in Algeria[1]:
      Our first stage was Cheragas; and, after passing the Trappist establishment at Staouëli, where the French fought their first battle, and Sidi-Ferruch, where they landed, we again changed horses at Douaouda. Here we deposited our fellow-coupist.
    • 1977, Arab Oil & Gas, numbers 139-150, page 31:
      An invitation to tender has been launched for the supply of equipment, assembly, and start-up of an installation for the manufacture of concrete tubing in Douaouda.
    • 2011, Brent D. Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine:
      In the November massacre in Douaouda, in Tipaza, men were castrated before their throats were slashed.

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