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Dar es Salaam
or Dar-es-Sa·laam
[ dahr es suh-lahm ]
noun
- a seaport in Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: the former capital.
Dar es Salaam
/ ˈdɑːr ɛs səˈlɑːm /
noun
- the chief port of Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: capital of German East Africa (1891–1916); capital of Tanzania until 1983 when it was officially replaced by Dodoma, though still retaining some functions; university (1963). Pop: 2 683 000 (2005 est)
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The 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya by Al-Qaeda killed 224 people.
From The Daily Beast
Caravans from Dar-es-Salaam to Tanganyika take 60 days to do the journey.
From Project Gutenberg
The attempt to obstruct the harbour mouth at Dar-es-Salaam was typical of their naval ineptitude.
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Slipping out from Chinde at the outbreak of war, she made her way to Dar-es-Salaam.
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Badly bruised only, they left me later to recover of their contusion in the hospital at Dar-es-Salaam.
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Dar-es-Salaam in particular, seems to have been the apple of the German colonial eye.
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