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Dar es Sa⋅laam

[dahr es suh-lahm]
–noun
a seaport in Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: the former capital. 757,346.
Also, Dar-es-Sa⋅laam.
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Dar es Sa·laam   (där' ěs sə-läm')   
The largest city and former capital of Tanzania, in the eastern part of the country on an arm of the Indian Ocean. It was founded in 1862 by the sultan of Zanzibar. The name means "haven of peace." Population: 2,330,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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