Batna
a city in NE Algeria.
Contemporary Examples
In the second case, their Batna was an even larger tax hike than the one that Democrats were offering.
Why the President Lost on Gun Control Megan McArdle April 17, 2013
Historical Examples
From Batna to Lambessa, on the road to Timgad, is a dozen kilometres.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets Francis Miltoun
We telegraphed from Batna to ascertain whether or not we could all get rooms.
Lippincott’s Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various
All that is weak and evil shall be redeemed (bauls mun allz Batna—Vluspa, 59).
Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D.
He does not say as he looks on the peasant at his plough outside Batna: “Observe yon Semite!”
Hilaire Belloc C. Creighton Mandell
We had a long drive from Batna, twelve hours, but through an attractive and varied country.
Lord Randolph Churchill Winston Spencer Churchill
Batna possesses a remarkably well-kept commercial hotel, the Htel des trangers et Continentals.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets Francis Miltoun
En route from Constantine by railway no towns or cities of note are passed until the great military post of Batna is reached.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets Francis Miltoun
Batna has a very excellent French school for Arab children, and it is there that the young idea learns how to parler Franais.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets Francis Miltoun
The next objective point, going south from Batna, is El Kantara and its gorge.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets Francis Miltoun
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