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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Example Sentences

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

In recent years, the company acquired terminals in Haifa, Israel; Tanzania’s Port of Dar es Salaam; Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo; and a coal-export hub in North Queensland, Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Residents in Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mbeya, Mwanza and several other urban centres reported an unusually slow start to the day, with many people choosing to remain indoors amid uncertainty over whether protests would happen.

From BBC

Kimambi already faces charges of economic sabotage, which came up in court in Dar es Salaam on Thursday.

From BBC

Simba have struggled at the national stadium in Dar es Salaam, drawing both qualifiers there, and the Group D loss is an early setback.

From Barron's