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It is inhabited easternly by Camerounians; westernly by Nigerians.
BAKASSI 2008
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But there may be some northernly or westernly breezes as well, for this is a man with a mission, and that mission is: To enjoy himself wherever he may roam.
Juan Les Pins juan.les.pins 2006
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And performing their ablutions in the Saraswati, the Drisadwati and the Yamuna, they went from one forest to another, travelling in an westernly direction.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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And performing their ablutions in the Saraswati, the Drisadwati and the Yamuna, they went from one forest to another, travelling in an westernly direction.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The region is strategically important because the trade-routes converge there from the growing marts of the Taonanfu administration, which is the extreme westernly limit of Chinese authority in the Mongolian borderland.
The Fight for the Republic in China Bertram Lenox Simpson 1903
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The heat begins to be unpleasant in April, when hot westernly winds prevail.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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The winter or north-east monsoon does not penetrate into the Panjáb, where light westernly and northernly winds prevail during the cold season.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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~ -- The Jhelam, the most westernly of the five rivers of the
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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Continuing to flow south for another twenty miles it resumes its westernly course to the north of Nanga Parvat and persists in it for 100 miles.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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At a short distance from the lake, which gives its name to the territory, it soon branched off abruptly to the north, and then again, taking another turn, pursued its original westernly coarse, and, passing near the Fort, gave to the latter the appearance of a slightly elevated peninsula, separated only from the water by a gentle declivity of no great extent.
Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare John Richardson 1824
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