MOMBASA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mombasa mean? 

• MOMBASA (noun)
  The noun MOMBASA has 1 sense:

1. a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean

  Familiarity information: MOMBASA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOMBASA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Mombasa" is a part of...):

Kenya; Republic of Kenya (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya)