Tamatave

[tah-mah-tahv, -muh-]

noun

1. a seaport on E Madagascar.

Tamatave

/ tamatav /

noun

1. the former name (until 1979) of Toamasina

Example Sentences

“To prepare for the cyclone, people are putting sandbags on the roofs of their houses. Fishermen are no longer going out to sea,” said Asmina Baonantenaina, a resident of Tamatave, Madagascar’s second-largest city and largest port.

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The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has been responding to the outbreak in one of the worst hit areas of Tamatave.

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Dr Tim Jagatic told BBC News the outbreak had spread to populated areas when a man infected with bubonic plague had travelled from the highlands to the capital and then on to the coastal city of Tamatave by bus.

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Back at the MSF treatment centre in Tamatave, Dr Jagatic said the country was now much better prepared as the plague season continued.

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In Nosy Be, Tamatave and Île Sainte-Marie, they have met local officials, tourism and fishery associations as well as journalists to raise awareness about the need to pick up and hand in potential debris.

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