"Dakar" meaning in English

See Dakar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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: Uncertain. 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. Wikidata QID: Q3718 Categories (place): Cities in Senegal, Places in Senegal
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  2. The capital city of Senegal.
    (metonymic) The Senegalese government.
    Wikidata QID: Q3718 Tags: metonymically Categories (place): Cities in Senegal, Places in Senegal
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Translations (the capital city of Senegal): Dakar (Afrikaans), دَكَار (dakār) (Arabic), Դակար (Dakar) (Armenian), Dakar (Asturian), Дака́р (Dakár) [masculine] (Belarusian), Дака́р (Dakár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 達喀爾 /达喀尔 (Dákā'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 [feminine] (Maltese), डाकार (ḍākār) [neuter] (Marathi), داکار (dâkâr) (Persian), Dakar [masculine] (Polish), 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), ڎَكَارُ (ndakaaru) (Wolof)
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      ],
      "word": "डाकार"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "dâkâr",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "word": "داکار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dakar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "word": "Dacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "Dakár",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Дака́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "word": "Dakar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "word": "Dakar"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "word": "ดาการ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "word": "Dakar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Dakár",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Дака́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "ḍākār",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ڈاکار"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "word": "Đa-ca"
    },
    {
      "code": "wo",
      "lang": "Wolof",
      "lang_code": "wo",
      "roman": "ndakaaru",
      "sense": "the capital city of Senegal",
      "word": "ڎَكَارُ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dakar"
}

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