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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

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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

He struggled on, but died within a few hours’ march of Tamatave.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick

Since the treaty of Tamatave, March 17, 1886, the country has been under the protectorate of France.

From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by Alden, John B.

Mr. Byramzie, a Tamatave friend of mine, and of the London firm of Dadabhoy & Co., with a branch at Aden, came off to meet me and accompany me ashore.

From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Washington, Booker T.