Bissau

[ bih-sou ]

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noun

a seaport in and the capital of Guinea-Bissau, in the W part.

Bissau

/ biˈsə̃un; bɪˈsaʊ /

noun

a port on the Atlantic, the capital of Guinea-Bissau (until 1974 Portuguese Guinea). Pop: 369 000 (2005 est)

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Power was cut in Bissau, a city with a population of more than 400,000, in the early hours of Tuesday.

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Power was cut in Bissau, a city with a population of more than 400,000, in the early hours of Tuesday and has not been restored, a resident told the BBC.

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Domingos de Carvalho, president of Bissau's National Union of Teachers, said the union would appeal against the decision it called unfair.

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Ms. Gomes’s small concrete home in Bissau is in a constant state of destruction and reconstruction.

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In a barbershop in the centre of Bissau, one customer told me with certainty that he does not believe there was a coup attempt.

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