Dar es Salaam

or Dar-es-Sa·laam

[ dahr es suh-lahm ]

noun

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

Dar es Salaam

/ 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)

Example Sentences

In the present volume Abrams travels to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to meet octogenarian naturalist Jane Goodall, Dame of the British Empire and United Nations Messenger of Peace.

From Washington Post

It was one of dozens of trips she had planned for the year, which would take her to cities and forests all over the world, to her house in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and back to Bournemouth to meet with Abrams.

From Time

Magufuli made one of his final public appearances at a church in Dar es Salaam in late February.

From Washington Post

“Traffic jams make us popular,” says Zaharan Kweka, who earns a living as a motorcycle taxi driver in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city.

From Ozy

Owusu was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and moved back and forth between England, Italy and East Africa.

From Washington Post

The 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya by Al-Qaeda killed 224 people.

From The Daily Beast

Caravans from Dar-es-Salaam to Tanganyika take 60 days to do the journey.

From Project Gutenberg

The attempt to obstruct the harbour mouth at Dar-es-Salaam was typical of their naval ineptitude.

From Project Gutenberg

Slipping out from Chinde at the outbreak of war, she made her way to Dar-es-Salaam.

From Project Gutenberg

Badly bruised only, they left me later to recover of their contusion in the hospital at Dar-es-Salaam.

From Project Gutenberg

Dar-es-Salaam in particular, seems to have been the apple of the German colonial eye.

From Project Gutenberg