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PRONUNCIATION OF CABORA BASSA

Cabora Bassa  [kəˈbɔːrə ˈbæsə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CABORA BASSA

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WHAT DOES CABORA BASSA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cabora Bassa

Cahora Bassa

The Cahora Bassa lake—in the Portuguese colonial era known as Cabora Bassa, from Nyungwe Kahoura-Bassa, meaning "finish the job"—is Africa's fourth-largest artificial lake, situated in the Tete Province in Mozambique. In Africa, only Lake Volta in Ghana, Lake Kariba, on the Zambezi upstream of Cahora Bassa, and Egypt's Lake Nasser are bigger in terms of surface water.

Definition of Cabora Bassa in the English dictionary

The definition of Cabora Bassa in the dictionary is the site on the Zambezi River in N Mozambique of the largest dam in southern Africa.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CABORA BASSA


amasser
əˈmæsə
antimacassar
ˌæntɪməˈkæsə
Assur
ˈæsə
Asur
ˈæsə
basser
ˈbæsə
degasser
diːˈɡæsə
gasser
ˈɡæsə
harasser
həˈræsə
hassar
ˈhæsə
Macassar
məˈkæsə
madrasa
məˈdræsə
Makassar
məˈkæsə
masa
ˈmæsə
Mombasa
mɒmˈbæsə
NASA
ˈnæsə
Nyasa
nɪˈæsə
Nyassa
nɪˈæsə
placer
ˈplæsə
potassa
pəˈtæsə
Terrassa
teˈræsə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CABORA BASSA

Cabot
cabotage
cabover
Cabral

WORDS THAT END LIKE CABORA BASSA

abscissa
Barbarossa
contessa
Eivissa
fossa
gran cassa
harissa
Kassa
Larissa
Lassa
mantissa
Massa
nyssa
Odessa
Operation Barbarossa
Orissa
ossa
Saragossa
sessa
vanessa

Synonyms and antonyms of Cabora Bassa in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Cabora Bassa» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

卡布巴萨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Cabora Bassa
570 millions of speakers

English

Cabora Bassa
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Translator English - Hindi

Cabora Bassa
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Translator English - Arabic

كابورا باسا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Кабора Басса
278 millions of speakers

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Cabora Bassa
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Translator English - Bengali

Cabora Bassa
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Cabora Bassa
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Cabora Bassa
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Cabora Bassa
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Translator English - Japanese

Caboraバッサ
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Translator English - Korean

Cabora 바사
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Translator English - Javanese

Cabora Bassa
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Cabora Bassa
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Translator English - Tamil

கபோபா பாஸ்ஸா
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Cabora Bassa
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Cabora Bassa
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Cabora Bassa
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Translator English - Polish

Cabora Bassa
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Кабора Басса
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Translator English - Romanian

Cabora Bassa
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Cabora Bassa
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Cabora Bassa
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Cabora Bassa
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Cabora Bassa
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CABORA BASSA»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Cabora Bassa

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CABORA BASSA»

Discover the use of Cabora Bassa in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Cabora Bassa and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bibliographie Choisie Sur Les Grands Réservoirs Africains
Jackson, P.B.N., Relatorio provisorio sobre o controlo das infestantes aqu^ticas em Cabora Bassa. 1974d Johannesburg, R.F. Loxton, Hunting and Associates Gabinete do Plano de Zambeze Lisboa, Relatorio (7M) , Relatorio definitive sobre ...
E. O. Ita, T. Petr, 1983
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Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa: Formation ...
Cabora Bassa in Southern Africa and Sweden The campaign against ASEA's participation in the proposed hydroelectric project at Cabora Bassa2 on the Zambezi river would towards the end of the 1960s more than any other single Southern ...
Tor Sellström, 1999
3
Dams, Displacement and the Delusion of Development: Cahora ...
Quoted in Douglas Marchant, Cabora Bassa: The Dam at Cabora Bassa—It's [sic] Implications and the International Campaign against the Project (London: National League ofYoung Liberals International Department, 1971), 3—5. 35.
Allen F. Isaacman, Barbara S. Isaacman, 2013
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The Third World in the Global 1960s
The World Council of Churches provided direct financial aid to FRELIMO and other liberation movements and gained a wider audience through the issuing of a pamphlet on Cabora Bassa in 1971, cf. Cabora Bassa & the Strugglefor Southern  ...
Samantha Christiansen, Zachary A. Scarlett, 2013
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Mozambique
Situated on the Zambezi River in the north of Tete Province, Cabora Bassa Dam is the fifth largest in the world and creates one of the 10 largest lakes in Africa. The name Cabora Bassa means "where the work ends" — a phrase in a local ...
David C. King, 2007
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New Scientist
But more important than the technical innovations of Cabora Bassa are the poltical implications for Africa. Like microbes, electrons do not recognise borders, and the use of electrical power cuts across political ideologies. The Frelimo will ...
7
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African ...
The Cabora Bassa (or Cahora Bassa) Dam is a 2,075-megawatt arch dam on Lake Cabora Bassa, located on the ZAMBEZI RIVER northwest of Tete in MOZAMBIQUE. It stands 171 meters (561 feet) high and is 303 meters (994 feet) wide.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2005
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The A to Z of Civil Wars in Africa
Buyoya remained president through to 2003 when, after 18 months as president under the new power-sharing agreement, he stepped down on 30 April to be replaced by Domitien Ndayizeye. _c_ CABORA BASSA DAM. The Cabora Bassa  ...
Guy Arnold, 2009
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Encyclopedia of Africa
Second largest dam in Africa and one ofits largest hydroelectric power stations. The Cabora Bassa (or Cahora Bassa) Dam is a 2,075megawatt arch dam on Lake Cabora Bassa, located on the Zambezi River northwest of Tete in Mozambique.
Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, 2010
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Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa
11.3.9 Cabora Bassa Dam- This is basically a hydroelectric facility on the Zambezi River. The dam site is located 125 km north west of the township of Tete, Mozambique The location of the Cabora Bassa with respect to the Kariba, both dams ...
M. Shahin, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CABORA BASSA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Cabora Bassa is used in the context of the following news items.
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Khama and the making of a sovereign nation (Part 1)
... the provision of financial guarantees to the Cabora Bassa scheme which is designed to perpetuate Portuguese colonialism in Mozambique. «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
2
Zambia and Zimbabwe receive funding for repairs to Kariba dam
... crises along the Zambezi River downstream of the Kariba Dam that could seriously affect the Cabora Bassa Dam with devastating flooding of ... «Coastweek, Feb 15»
3
Southern Africa: AfDB Boosts Efforts to Save Kariba Dam
Thirdly, any damage to Kariba Dam would endanger the Cabora Bassa downstream which houses a hydro-electric facility on the Zambezi ... «AllAfrica.com, Aug 14»
4
Travel: Big game brings drama and romance to Zambian safari
Downriver from Victoria Falls, between the vast reservoirs of Lake Kariba and Mozambique's Cabora Bassa dam, the Zambezi idles its way ... «Herald Scotland, May 14»
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End of the road for nasty, dirty rich environmental bullies
Closer to home, the Zambezi River could be producing 10,000Megawatts more than is already generated at Cabora Bassa and Kariba. «Daily Maverick, Mar 14»
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Three million at risk as Kariba Dam wall faces collapse
In the event the dam is swept away, the Cabora Bassa Hydro power plant in Mozambique will be submerged which may affect 40 per cent of ... «New Zimbabwe.com, Mar 14»
7
Masiyiwa could solve power cuts with Eco Energy
... I will be treated like a debtor, restricted as such,the basis being that collectively, we owe Cabora Bassa some money. How on earth can that ... «Nehanda Radio, Nov 13»
8
ZESA pays Mozambique US$7m/mth for power
“The difference is imported from the region and mostly from Hydro Cabora Bassa (HCB) in Mozambique at an average cost of US$6.5 million a ... «New Zimbabwe.com, Oct 13»
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Zimbabwe braces for 4 months of darkness
The power utility says load-shedding is further compounded by depressed imports due to plant maintenance at Cabora Bassa in Mozambique. «Nehanda Radio, Oct 13»
10
Professor Keith Middlemas
... family and social history in his native Northumbria; and even the bitter politicking behind the construction of the Cabora Bassa hydroelectric ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 13»

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