Entebbe
[ en-teb-uh, -teb-ee ]
/ ɛnˈtɛb ə, -ˈtɛb i /
noun
a town in S Uganda, on Lake Victoria: international airport.
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How to use Entebbe in a sentence
The airplane landed at Entebbe, Uganda, and 105 Jewish and Israeli hostages were taken.
The first time was years ago when the Israelis successfully rescued the hostages at Entebbe airport in Uganda [on July 4, 1976].
He was also the father of Israeli military hero Jonathan Netanyahu, who died rescuing hostages in the daring 1976 raid on Entebbe.
From Entebbe to Iran, The Daily Beast ranks the raids, from first to worst.
Besides, the general unhealthiness of the country so far as the European is concerned is not local to Entebbe.
For a new station in an almost unknown land, Entebbe certainly presents many remarkable evidences of progress.
Great improvements have been effected recently in the sanitation of Entebbe.
In the small European community at Entebbe there have been quite recently two suicides.
The road from Entebbe to Kampala passes 108 through delicious country.
British Dictionary definitions for Entebbe
noun
a town in S Uganda, on Lake Victoria: British administrative centre of Uganda (1893–1958); international airport. Pop: 57 518 (2002 est)
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