"Dakar" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /dæˈkɑː(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈdækɑː(ɹ)/ [UK], /dɑˈkɑɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dakar.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dakar2.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Possibly from Wolof daqaar (“tamarind”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|wo|daqaar||tamarind}} Wolof daqaar (“tamarind”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Dakar
  1. The capital city of Senegal. Wikipedia link: Dakar Categories (place): Cities in Senegal, National capitals, Places in Senegal Translations (the capital city of Senegal): Dakar (Afrikaans), دَاكَار (dakār) [feminine] (Arabic), Դակար (Dakar) (Armenian), Дака́р (Dakár) [masculine] (Belarusian), 達喀爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 达喀尔 (Dákè'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), Dakar (Danish), Dakar [neuter] (Dutch), Dakaro (Esperanto), Dakaaru (Farefare), Andakaaru (Farefare), Dakar [feminine] (French), დაკარი (daḳari) (Georgian), Dakar [neuter] (German), Ντακάρ (Ntakár) (Greek), דָּקָאר (Hebrew), דָקָר (dakar) [feminine] (Hebrew), डाकार (ḍākār) [masculine] (Hindi), Dacár [masculine] (Irish), ダカール (Dakāru) (Japanese), ដាកា (daakaa) (Khmer), 다카르 (Dakareu) (Korean), Dakaras [masculine] (Lithuanian), Dakar (Maltese), डाकार (ḍākār) [neuter] (Marathi), داکار (dâkâr) (Persian), Dacar (Portuguese), Дака́р (Dakár) [masculine] (Russian), Dakar (Slovak), Dakar (Spanish), ดาการ์ (Thai), Dakar (Turkish), Дака́р (Dakár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ڈاکار (ḍākār) [masculine] (Urdu), Đa-ca (Vietnamese)

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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "word": "Dakar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Dakár",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Дака́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ḍākār",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ڈاکار"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "word": "Đa-ca"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dakar"
}

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