Dar es Salaam
or Dar-es-Sa·laam
a seaport in Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: the former capital.
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How to use Dar es Salaam in a sentence
The 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya by Al-Qaeda killed 224 people.
Document Dump Shows Bill Clinton Was Skeptical About Osama bin Laden | Ben Jacobs | July 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCaravans from Dar-es-Salaam to Tanganyika take 60 days to do the journey.
The attempt to obstruct the harbour mouth at Dar-es-Salaam was typical of their naval ineptitude.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign | Robert Valentine DolbeySlipping out from Chinde at the outbreak of war, she made her way to Dar-es-Salaam.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign | Robert Valentine DolbeyBadly bruised only, they left me later to recover of their contusion in the hospital at Dar-es-Salaam.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign | Robert Valentine Dolbey
Dar-es-Salaam in particular, seems to have been the apple of the German colonial eye.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign | Robert Valentine Dolbey
British Dictionary definitions for Dar es Salaam
/ (ˈdɑːr ɛs səˈlɑːm) /
the chief port of Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: capital of German East Africa (1891–1916); capital of Tanzania until 1983 when it was officially replaced by Dodoma, though still retaining some functions; university (1963). Pop: 2 683 000 (2005 est)
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