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ENTEBBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Entebbe mean?
• ENTEBBE (noun)
The noun ENTEBBE has 1 sense:
1. a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)
Familiarity information: ENTEBBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Entebbe" is a part of...):
Republic of Uganda; Uganda (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)
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