Meaning of Mozambique | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of various kinds of dress material.
   countable, uncountable
2. A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.
3. A native or inhabitant of Mozambique; a Mozambican.
4. The former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.
   historical
5. Alternative letter-case form of mozambique (“fabric”).
   alt-of
6. A former colony of Portugal.
   historical
7. An island or its town in the province of Nampula, Mozambique, from which its name was transferred to the country.
8. A broad strait, the modern Mozambique Channel, which separates the island of Madagascar from the African mainland of Mozambique.

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“During our cruise in the Mozambique we had generally light winds, almost invariably from E.S.E., or calms, and smooth water, nearly the whole time.”

“A thin gauzy dress fabric generally constructed with a cotton warp and a mohair filling. It is distinguished from mohair by its thinner and more filmy texture. High-grade mozambiques are often woven in fancy plaids and checks and complicated openwork patterns, and when of this style are intended to be made up over a foundation fabric.”

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