Massawa is an English word with synonyms like town or port. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Massawa in a sentence
Massawa meaning
A city and port in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea.
Using Massawa
- The main meaning on this page is: A city and port in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea.
- Useful related words include: town, port.
- In the example corpus, massawa often appears in combinations such as: the massawa, and massawa.
Context around Massawa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Massawa
- In this selection, "massawa" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sabodala, asmara, acquisition, gold and court stand out and add context to how "massawa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include asmara and massawa and employed and asmara and massawa to kenya. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "massawa" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with massawa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1837, the two brothers started for Ethiopia, landing at Massawa in February 1838. (14 words)
The Massawa Court alone has over sixty volumes of documents written in Arabic, all before the Italian era. (18 words)
The first thing the British did was to remove the Eritrean industries (of Asmara and Massawa) to Kenya, as war compensation. (21 words)
The Eritrean Railroad Authority has requested funding to continue the Italian-era plan to extend the route from Asmara to Tesseney and provide an opportunity for Sudan to efficiently use the Port of Massawa. (34 words)
Massawa has historical mineral reserves of 2.6 million ounces of gold, which come from its 20.9 million metric tons of ore grading 3.94 grams per metric ton (g/t) gold. (33 words)
Socotra had proved ineffective to control the Red Sea entrance and was abandoned, and Afonso's hint that Massawa could be a good Portuguese base might have been influenced by Mateus' reports. (32 words)
Example sentences (9)
Within six months of closing the Massawa acquisition, Teranga plans to complete a pre-feasibility study highlighting updated production and costs for the integrated Sabodala-Massawa gold complex.
The Massawa Court alone has over sixty volumes of documents written in Arabic, all before the Italian era.
Massawa has historical mineral reserves of 2.6 million ounces of gold, which come from its 20.9 million metric tons of ore grading 3.94 grams per metric ton (g/t) gold.
In 1837, the two brothers started for Ethiopia, landing at Massawa in February 1838.
It also oversaw the provision of urban amenities in Asmara and Massawa, and employed many Eritreans in public service, particularly in the police and public works departments.
Socotra had proved ineffective to control the Red Sea entrance and was abandoned, and Afonso's hint that Massawa could be a good Portuguese base might have been influenced by Mateus' reports.
The Asmara Massawa Cableway was the longest line in the world during its time, but was later dismantled by the British in World War II.
The Eritrean Railroad Authority has requested funding to continue the Italian-era plan to extend the route from Asmara to Tesseney and provide an opportunity for Sudan to efficiently use the Port of Massawa.
The first thing the British did was to remove the Eritrean industries (of Asmara and Massawa) to Kenya, as war compensation.
Common combinations with massawa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: