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Definition: Malabo |
MalaboNoun1. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | Capital of Equatorial Guinea. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The city was first founded by the British in 1827, who leased the island from Spain during the colonial period. Named Port Clarence, it was used as a naval station in the effort to suppress the slave trade. Many newly freed slaves were also settled there, prior to the establish of Sierra Leone as a colony for freed slaves. While many of them later relocated to Sierra Leone, some of their descendants, called Fernandinos, can still be found in Malabo and the surrounding area, where they constitute a distinct ethnic group, speaking their own Afro-Portuguese pidgin dialect.
When the island reverted to complete Spanish control, Malabo was renamed Santa Isabel. It was chosen to replace the mainland town of Bata as the capital of the country in 1969, and was renamed Malabo in 1973 as part of President Macie Nguema Biyogo's campaign replace European place names with African ones.
During his "reign of terror," Nguema Biyogo suppressed the country's Bubi minority, which formed the majority on Bioko Island (then called Fernando Poo), and brought many of his own tribespeople, the Fang to Malabo. In the final years of his rule, when Equatorial Guinea was sometimes known as the "Auschwitz of Africa," much of the city's population fled as, indeed, did much of the country's. Malabo has yet to recover from the scars of that period.
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Civil Liberties | Equatorial Guinea | It owns and operates the state-run station Radio Malabo. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | In February Malabo Mayor Gabriel Mba Bela ordered the shutdown of the Press Association (ASOPGE). (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | The Government closed Radio Asonga's stations in both Bata and Malabo, as well as the television station that is incorporated into the Bata radio station. (references) | |
Economic History | Eq. Guinea | Investment inquiries should be directed to the Ministry of Planning in Malabo. (references) |
Eq. Guinea | A U.S. soft drink bottling plant in Malabo has lain dormant for over a decade now. (references) | |
Eq. Guinea | About 25 percent of the population live in Malabo (45,000 inhabitants) and Bata (60,000 inhabitants). (references) | |
Human Rights | Equatorial Guinea | In November 1999, the U.N. Special Representative reported that when he visited the Malabo prison, he witnessed eight persons being held in cells measuring 4.92 feet by 2.3 feet. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | However, there were credible reports during the year that conditions have improved in some facilities, such as Black Beach prison in Malabo, where prisoners are provided with beds. (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | In March 2000, the 41 Bubi prisoners, who were convicted of crimes associated with the 1998 alleged revolt and formerly held at Malabo prison, were moved to a mainland prison at Evinayong. (references) | |
Minorities | Equatorial Guinea | The two Spanish colonies were united 9 years before independence, after which many Fang migrated to Bioko, where Malabo, the capital, is located. (references) |
Political Economy | Eq. Guinea | Some Equato-Guinean opposition elements are based in Spain to the annoyance of the government in Malabo. (references) |
Eq. Guinea | President Obiang made an official visit to Madrid in March 2001, and senior Spanish Foreign Ministry officials visited Malabo during 2001 as well. (references) | |
Trade | Eq. Guinea | The Director of the Customs Authority is located at the Malabo Port. (references) |
Eq. Guinea | Both operate only two branches in the country (one in Malabo, the other in Bata). (references) | |
Travel | Eq. Guinea | The main international airport is in Malabo. (references) |
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malabo | 22 |
malabo hotel | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "Malabo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Malabo. (various references) | |
Dutch | Malabo. (various references) | |
Finnish | Malabo. (various references) | |
French | Malabo. (various references) | |
German | Malabo. (various references) | |
Greek | Μαλάμπο. (various references) | |
Italian | Malabo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alabomay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Malabo. (various references) | |
Spanish | Malabo. (various references) | |
Swedish | Malabo. (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Malabo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kalabu, Macabeo, Madaba, Mahabad, Maklakov, Malaba, Malbak, Malbon, Malbou, Mallabar, Malumba, Matloubi, Melao, Meliboia, Milab, Milanov, Mogambo, Mulago, Mulemba, Muyabo, Muyabu. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-l-m-o" | |
-1 letter: aboma, alamo. | |
-2 letters: alba, alma, ambo, baal, balm, blam, bola, lama, lamb, loam, mola. | |
-3 letters: aal, aba, abo, ala, alb, ama, baa, bal, bam, boa, lab, lam, lob, moa, mob, mol. | |
-4 letters: aa, ab, al, am, ba, bo, la, lo, ma, mo, om. | |
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+2 letters: abnormal, abomasal, balmoral, blastoma, foamable. | |
+3 letters: abdominal, abnormals, amblyopia, ambrosial, anabolism, balmorals, blastomas, carambola, cobalamin, myrobalan. | |
+4 letters: abnormally, abominable, abominably, amblyopias, ambulation, ambulatory, ameloblast, anabolisms, blackamoor, blastomata, carambolas, catabolism, cobalamins, colobomata, columbaria, comparable, comparably, fathomable, flamboyant, hebdomadal, myrobalans, procambial. | |
+5 letters: abdominally, abnormality, ambrosially, ambulations, ameloblasts, amobarbital, amortizable, automatable, balletomane, bibliomania, biomaterial, blackamoors, catabolisms, commandable, compassable, flamboyance, flamboyancy, flamboyants, lumbosacral, megaloblast, melanoblast, memorabilia, saltimbocca. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6C 61 62 6F |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-.. .- -... --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101100 01100001 01100010 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a l a b o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006C 0061 0062 006F |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476778676881 |
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