Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
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Examples
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(Melilla is an autonomous Spanish city in North Africa, and its name means the white one, but that yarn speaks to me of Bollywood.
Green 2009
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(Melilla is an autonomous Spanish city in North Africa, and its name means the white one, but that yarn speaks to me of Bollywood.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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Far-flung outposts include the Canary Islands and two north African enclaves called Melilla and Ceuta.
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Spain is often mentioned in AQIM statements because of its "occupation of Ceuta and Melilla," two small autonomous Spanish ex-clave cities on the north coast of Morocco.
The Terrorists in Europe's Backyard Avi Jorisch 2011
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AQIM urges its followers to "take back Ceuta and Melilla by force, because they were taken by force."
The Terrorists in Europe's Backyard Avi Jorisch 2011
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Moroccototal: 2,017.9 km border countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km
Land boundaries 2008
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Spaintotal: 1,917.8 km border countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km
Land boundaries 2008
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Morocco is to Europe what Mexico is to the US, and this enclave and its sister Melilla a few hundred miles to the east are the equivalent of Tijuana or Nuevo Laredo, easy gateways to the riches of Europe, Everyone in Africa wants to pass through.
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Morocco is to Europe what Mexico is to the US, and this enclave and its sister Melilla a few hundred miles to the east are the equivalent of Tijuana or Nuevo Laredo, easy gateways to the riches of Europe, Everyone in Africa wants to pass through.
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The little enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the Moroccan coast remain parts of Spain and therefore of the European Union.
The Empire Burden 2009
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