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DAKAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dakar mean?
• DAKAR (noun)
The noun DAKAR has 1 sense:
1. the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal
Familiarity information: DAKAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Senegal; Dakar
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Dakar" is a part of...):
Republic of Senegal; Senegal (a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960)
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