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Conakry

American

[kaw-na-kree] / kɔ naˈkri /

Or Konakri

noun

a seaport in and the capital of Guinea, in NW Africa.

Conakry British

/ kɔnakri /

noun

the capital of Guinea, a port on the island of Tombo. Pop: 1 465 000 (2005 est)

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Officials in Conakry praise the French Development Agency as one of their most supportive partners.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

He had already left once, in 2018, barely aged 18, reaching Morocco, Tunisia and Libya, where he was imprisoned, but ended up back in Conakry.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

AFP accompanied Diallo as he navigated the streets of a Conakry suburb on his motorcycle to visit the parents of Idrissa, who disappeared more than a year ago.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

In a restaurant in Guinea's capital, Conakry, she met a group of liberation activists from what would later become DR Congo.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025

I told him that I was looking for the right bus to Conakry.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

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