Mombasa

[ mom-bah-sah, -bas-uh ]

/ mɒmˈbɑ sɑ, -ˈbæs ə /

noun

an island in S Kenya.

a seaport on this island.

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molybdic, molybdous, mom, Momaday, mom-and-pop, Mombasa, mome, moment, momentarily, momentary, momently

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Neither Arabic or Swahili writings make note of Gedi, despite it being located 65 miles from the port city of Mombasa.
Kenya Has Its Own Machu Picchu—the Lost Town of Gedi|Nina Strochlic|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Tuesday, “unknown assailants” gunned down Makaburi as he was leaving a courthouse outside Mombasa.
Death Squads in Kenya’s Shadow War on Shabaab Sympathizers|Margot Kiser|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The payment of ransoms is often done in Nairobi, Mombasa and European capitals, London in particular.
The Pirate Whisperer|Shaun Assael|February 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Voyages are still regularly made in dhows between the west coast of India and Zanzibar or Mombasa and the trade appears to be old.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Charles Eliot

On the day after to-morrow we shall have been a whole solid year out here, as we landed at Mombasa on May 4th, 1915.
Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O.|J.G. Millais
As a matter of course, a telegraph was laid between Eden Vale and Mombasa together with this double-railed railway.
Freeland|Theodor Hertzka
This mission now comprises eight stations with Mombasa as its base.
Stanley in Africa|James P. Boyd
The governor heard that you and Doctor von Hofe came in on the Mombasa, and he detailed me to look after you.
The Rogue Elephant|Elliott Whitney

British Dictionary definitions for Mombasa

Mombasa

/ (mɒmˈbæsə) /

noun

a port in S Kenya, on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean: the chief port for Kenya, Uganda, and NE Tanzania; became British in 1887, capital of the East African Protectorate until 1907. Pop: 828 000 (2005 est)

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