Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A country consisting of three main islands and numerous islets of the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean off southeast Africa between Mozambique and Madagascar. Settled by peoples from Africa, Indonesia, and Arabia, the islands were ceded to France between 1841 and 1909. They declared their independence from France in 1975 (although Mayotte voted to remain a French territory). Moroni, on Grand Comoro Island, is the capital.
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- proper noun Country in Eastern Africa. Official name: Union of the Comores.
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- noun a country on the Comoro Islands
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Examples
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COMOROS LEADER REPORTED TAKEN PRIONER IN COUP resident Said Mohamed Djohar of the Comoros reportedly was taken prisoner Thursday morning in a coup d'etat led by foreign mercenaries
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Flag: green with a white crescent placed diagonally (closed side of the crescent points to the upper hoist-side corner of the flag); there are four white five-pointed stars placed in a line between the points of the crescent; the crescent, stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; the four stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago - Mwali, Njazidja, Nzwani, and Mayotte (which is a territorial collectivity of France, but claimed by the Comoros) @Comoros, Economy
The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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It is difficult to follow events in Comoros and there is no particular surprise that the Times labels its time chart as: Comoros chaos.
But we are not like those nasty Americans Helen 2006
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It was en route to the island nation of Comoros, which is off of Africa from Yemen's capital of Sanaa (ph).
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"We confirm France's readiness to provide support to the Tanzanian and Senegalese troops for their transport to the Comoros, that is to the island of Grande Comoro or Moheli but not to Anjouan," said foreign ministry spokeswoman Pascale Andreani.
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Comoros, which is currently being ruled by interim President
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As this African collective we had to resolve the situation in that country because, in reality, the problems that faced the Comoros are the same as those afflicting some of the countries on the African continent.
Address on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency 2002
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Comoros, which is currently being ruled by interim President
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On Sunday, the two committees declared invalid the April 14 presidential election for the Union of the Comoros, which is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
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Comoros, which is already in trouble with the OAU for last year's military coup in the capital Moroni, but nothing was decided upon, the sources said.
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