Dar es Salaam

or Dar-es-Sa·laam

[ dahr es suh-lahm ]

/ ˌdɑr ɛs səˈlɑm /

noun

a seaport in Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: the former capital.

Example sentences from the Web for dar es salaam

All he knows is to give me a letter from the Kaiserliche dumkopf at Dar-es-salaam.

The Leopard Woman |Stewart Edward White
Arrested and put into jail, they were sent to Dar-es-Salaam for trial by court-martial on the evidence.

Sketches of the East Africa Campaign |Robert Valentine Dolbey
Even the accompanying news of the tears of the Hun population in Dar-es-Salaam at this wanton destruction, failed to comfort us.

Sketches of the East Africa Campaign |Robert Valentine Dolbey
We were landed at Dar-es-Salaam at about 10.30 at night and went into the local detail camp.

Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O. |J.G. Millais

Dar-es-Salaam in particular, seems to have been the apple of the German colonial eye.

Sketches of the East Africa Campaign |Robert Valentine Dolbey

British Dictionary definitions for dar es salaam

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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Dar es Salaam

or Dar-es-Sa·laam

noun

Example sentences from the Web for dar es salaam

British Dictionary definitions for dar es salaam

noun