Douaouda

English

Etymology

From Arabic دُوَاوْدَة (duwāwda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːˈaʊdə/

Proper noun

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.

Translations

A city in Algeria

• Arabic: دواودة

Further reading

• Douaouda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia