Entebbe
Americannoun
noun
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He then crossed neighboring Uganda by road, passed through the country’s capital, Kampala, and took a Jambojet flight from Entebbe International Airport to Nairobi, the Kenyan officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Uganda has unveiled a statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, the older brother of Israel's prime minister, who was killed during the Entebbe hostage rescue mission 50 years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
On Friday, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said he met with Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, at his presidential home in the city of Entebbe.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
Netanyahu’s own brother, Yonatan, led an elite commando squad that successfully rescued 98 hostages from an airplane hijacking in Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
So the trader was obtaining wild monkeys from the Sese Islands, and if the animals proved to be sick, he was releasing them again on another island somewhere near Entebbe.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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