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Tamatave

American  
[tah-mah-tahv, -muh-] / ˌtɑ mɑˈtɑv, -mə- /

noun

  1. a seaport on E Madagascar.


Tamatave British  
/ tamatav /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1979) of Toamasina

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The opposition, called the Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar, increased its majority in the capital from 55% to 68%, and in Tamatave cut sharply into the P.S.D.'s margin.

From Time Magazine Archive

So you are going to drive to Tamatave?

From Time Magazine Archive

There is Breetish ship loading at Tamatave now.

From The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar by Francis B. Pearson

Thus a joint expedition of France and Great Britain made an attack on Tamatave in Madagascar, but failed of success.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson

At last Mamba reached Tamatave, footsore, worn, and weary, and went straight to the house of friend—a native of wealth and importance in the town, and one whom he knew to be a Christian.

From The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar by Francis B. Pearson

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