Dakar

[dah-kahr]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Senegal; capital of former French West Africa. 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km).

Dakar

/ ˈdækə /

noun

1. the capital and chief port of Senegal, on the SE side of Cape Verde peninsula. Pop: 2 313 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The internal memo was stamped by the national culture ministry and issued on Monday by Serigne Fall Guèye, director of the Grand Théâtre de Dakar.

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The animals began their stampede on 9 April in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and have so far travelled through Lagos, Dakar, Marrakesh, Casablanca and Rabat, encountering local musicians, artists, dancers and climate activists.

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I'm in Cape Town now but, mentally, I live in Dakar.

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Isah was a renowned horologist and his contacts in Freetown and Dakar would call him to take a trip when they had enough watches for him to tend to.

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The boat had departed from Mbour, about 80km south of the capital city Dakar, bound for Spain's Canary Islands, which are off the coast of West Africa.

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