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

"I am asking the Senegalese people for a sacrifice during two or three years, and I know you will accept this sacrifice," Sonko told a meeting of his Pastef party near Dakar.

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Hundreds of trucks carrying goods from the Ivorian economic hub Abidjan or the Senegalese capital Dakar have since been set on fire.

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According to French colonial authorities at the time, at least 35 infantrymen were killed during the massacre at the Thiaroye camp, near Dakar.

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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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