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Danakil

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[dan-uh-kil, -keel, duh-nah-keel] / ˈdæn ə kɪl, -ˌkil, dəˈnɑ kil /

noun

Danakils, plural Danakil plural
  1. Afar.


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We had to give up on our GPS instruments in Danakil.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2023

The bone-dry Danakil only gets seven inches of rain a year, but it all seemed to have fallen that night, resulting in a frantic scurry for the huts.

From Washington Post Mar. 30, 2017

Foreigners who venture out into the area usually include researchers, aid workers and about 500 adventure tourists each year visiting geographical wonders such as the Danakil Depression, with ancient salt mines and volcanoes.

From Reuters Jan. 19, 2012

Foreigners who venture out into the area usually include researchers, aid workers and adventure tourists visiting geographical wonders like the Danakil Depression, one of the hottest places on earth with ancient salt mines and volcanoes.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2012

There are also two caravan routes from Assab Bay, across the Danakil country to southern Abyssinia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

This letter he sent by his Abyssinian headman to Mantoock, the nearest Abyssinian Ras and a sort of overlord of the Danakils, with request for his advice and aid.

From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher

Then guards were set about the camp and the little command lay down to sleep within a spear's throw of thousands of Ali Gorah's wild Danakils.

From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher

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