[mom-bah-sah, -bas-uh] 
| 1. | an island in S Kenya. |
| 2. | a seaport on this island. 320,000. |
| Mom·ba·sa (mŏm-bās'ə, -bä'sä) A city of southeast Kenya mainly on Mombasa Island, in the Indian Ocean north of Zanzibar. Visited by Vasco da Gama on his first voyage to India (1498), the island-city was ruled successively by Portugal, Oman, Zanzibar, and Great Britain until the early 20th century. Population: 799,000. |
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