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Madagascar

noun

A republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960. Synonyms: Malagasy Republic, Republic of Madagascar.

An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world.

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"Madagascar" Quotes from Famous Books

... and Madagascar, And North and South Amerikee, There's the British flag a-riding at anchor, ...

— A Nonsense Anthology • Collected by Carolyn Wells

... In Java, Ceylon and Madagascar before the cacao is dried, it is first washed to remove all traces of pulp. This removal of pulp enables the beans to be more rapidly dried, and is considered almost a necessity in Ceylon, where sun-drying is difficult. The practice appears at first sight wholly good and sanitary, but although ...

— Cocoa and Chocolate - Their History from Plantation to Consumer • Arthur W. Knapp

... Presently rose and delivered slashing speech, laying low the Reverberating COLOMB as if he had been set up in the Place Vendome; reviewing the British Fleet in masterly style; nimbly running up the mainmast and sighting Jerusalem and Madagascar, to the absolute confounding of the First Lord ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100. March 14, 1891. • Various

... gone in for the most fantastic schemes: a harbour and docks on the coast of Patagonia, quarries in Labrador—such like speculations. Fisheries to feed a canning Factory on the banks of the Amazon was one of them. A principality to be bought in Madagascar was another. As the grotesque details of these incredible transactions came out one by one ripples of laughter ran over the closely packed court—each one a little louder than the other. The audience ended by fairly roaring under the cumulative effect of absurdity. The Registrar laughed, ...

— Chance - A Tale in Two Parts • Joseph Conrad

... know, gentlemen, members of the council, that excepting two or three you all pass for royalists? You, Citizen Defermon, don't they take you for a partisan of the Bourbons? Must I send Citizen Portalis to Sinnamari, and Citizen Devaisne to Madagascar, and then must I make for myself a Babeuf council? No, no, Citizen Truguet, you won't get me to make any change; there are none to fear except the Septembrisers. They would not spare even you yourself, and it would be in vain for you to ...

— Worlds Best Histories - France Vol 7 • M. Guizot and Madame Guizot De Witt

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