Oran

[aw-ran, oh-ran; Fr. aw-rahn]

noun

a seaport in NW Algeria. 1,075,000.

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Oran (əˈræn, əˈrɑːn, French ɔrɑ̃)

—n
	a port in NW Algeria: the second largest city in the country; scene of the destruction by the British of most of the French fleet in the harbour in 1940 to prevent its capture by the Germans. Pop: 744 000 (2005 est)

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