Sentence examples for desert capital from inspiring English sources

Two springs ago, Biram Dah Abeid arrived home in Nouakchott, the desert capital of Mauritania.

THE many palaces of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's desert capital, are not as colourful as the Kremlin.

At a reception in Castine, Maine, years ago, I was introduced to and then left alone with Dick MacPherson, who at the time was the… Two springs ago, Biram Dah Abeid arrived home in Nouakchott, the desert capital of Mauritania.

Ashgabat, the desert capital of gas-rich Turkmenistan, retains an eery Soviet-style calm, but the fresh tarmac on its roads, the swanky hotels, the brand-new football stadium (never mind that the country barely has a team to speak of) and the ritzy presidential palace all suggest that the country's dictator is scattering cash he has not yet got.

A bigger divide is hard to imagine than between this isolated hamlet clinging to the Himalayan foothills and the ambitious steel and glass spires of that desert capital.

The cross-pollination between military, academia and private sector comprise the key ingredients of Israel's coastal successes, with the country's desert capital Beersheba now following suit.

Hasn't word of the national economic anxiety and resultant austerity made it to this remote high-desert capital of Lander County, 215 miles east of Reno?

Due to excessive Spanish demands for tribute the Kaqchikel soon broke the alliance and deserted their capital, which was burned 2 years later by Spanish deserters.

It's always a pleasure to see the performing arts crowd, many of whom are relentlessly London-centric, deserting the capital for a few weeks and trying to cram themselves into Scotland's most genteel city.

The emperor deserting the capital would have been viewed as an act of capitulation, so court officials convinced him to abdicate.

Unpaid and unfed, the army was defeated by Li Zicheng— now self-styled as the Prince of Shun —and deserted the capital without much of a fight.