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Tamatave

American  
[tah-mah-tahv, -muh-] / ˌtɑ mɑˈtɑv, -mə- /

noun

  1. a seaport on E Madagascar.


Tamatave British  
/ tamatav /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1979) of Toamasina

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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So you are going to drive to Tamatave?

From Time Magazine Archive

The opposition, called the Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar, increased its majority in the capital from 55% to 68%, and in Tamatave cut sharply into the P.S.D.'s margin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Byramzie, a Tamatave friend of mine, and of the London firm of Dadabhoy & Co., with a branch at Aden, came off to meet me and accompany me ashore.

From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Washington, Booker T.

W.S.W. of Tamatave, the principal seaport of the island, with which it is connected by railway, and for about 60 m. along the coast lagoons, a service of small steamers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Tamatave principal port; pop., 6,000; number of ships entering her harbor during last six months of 1882, 116.

From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by Alden, John B.