Dar es Salaam

American  

[dahr es suh-lahm] / ˌdɑr ɛs səˈlɑm /

Or Dar-es-Salaam

noun

1. a seaport in Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: the former capital.

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Dar es Salaam British  

/ ˈdɑːr ɛs səˈlɑːm /

noun

1. 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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Dar es Salaam

A Russia-Tanzania Business Council was created in January and last month Air Tanzania announced the launch of flights from Dar es Salaam to Moscow by the end of the year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Najma Issa, 40, tells the BBC while shopping at Ilala market, a second-hand clothing hub in Dar es Salaam: "Most of the clothes have good quality... they last long."

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

Museveni studied in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the 1960s when the university acted as a kind of revolutionary finishing school for anti-colonialists.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

In 1967, Museveni left Uganda to attend the University of Dar es Salaam in neighbouring Tanzania.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2026

When the big war broke out in 1939, I was in Dar es Salaam, and from there I went up to Nairobi to join the RAF.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl