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Daddah

American  
[dad-uh, dah-dah] / ˈdæd ə, ˈdɑ dɑ /

noun

  1. Mokhtar Ould 1924–2003, Mauritanian statesman: first president of the Republic of Mauritania 1961–78.


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With the money, Moktar Quid Daddah hopes to build himself a country.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mauritania's Premier Moktar Quid Daddah, 35, was just back from Paris and Washington with a $66 million World Bank loan.

From Time Magazine Archive

The officers accused Daddah of corruption, but a more likely reason for the coup was Mauritania's woeful record in the drawn-out guerrilla war it is fighting, alongside Morocco, in the former Spanish Sahara.

From Time Magazine Archive

The son of a desert sheik, Daddah spent his youth following his father's camel flock.

From Time Magazine Archive

"That's what Daddah says when he wants me to work in my garden," said Mary Jane.

From Mary Jane—Her Visit by Judson, Clara Ingram