Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Senegal, in the western part of the country on the Atlantic Ocean. It grew around a French fort built in 1857 and was the capital of French West Africa from 1902 to 1959.
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- proper noun The capital city of
Senegal
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal
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DAKAR - A three-day general strike called by Senegalese unions closed Dakar airport but was little observed elsewhere.
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DAKAR (AFP) - Dakar officials lifted a ban on a planned opposition march against a controversial giant statue being inaugurated on Saturday as part of Senegal's 50th independence anniversary celebrations.
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DAKAR (AFP) - In a dusty government basement in Dakar, the archived history of nearly two centuries of French presence in West Africa is in an advanced state of degradation, a disintegrating record of colonisation.
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The U. N.'s deputy mission chief, Abdou Moussa, told reporters in Dakar Wednesday that Ivory Coast has never been this close to holding its long-awaited national elections.
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The U. N.'s deputy mission chief, Abdou Moussa, told reporters in Dakar Wednesday that Ivory Coast has never been this close to holding its long-awaited national elections.
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The first was held in Dakar in 1966, by which time most of Africa had won independence from European colonial rule.
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The first was held in Dakar in 1966, by which time most of Africa had won independence from European colonial rule.
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Having arrived in Dakar very late, we were exhausted and waited in our room for the bellmen to arrive with our bags.
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The first was held in Dakar in 1966, by which time most of Africa had won independence from European colonial rule.
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The first was held in Dakar in 1966, by which time most of Africa had won independence from European colonial rule.
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