N'Djamena
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English
Etymology
Renamed from Fort-Lamy on April 6, 1973 by President François Tombalbaye, after the Arabic name of a nearby village, نِجَامِينَا (nijāmīnā), meaning “place of rest”, as part of his authenticité program of Africanization.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
N'Djamena
- The capital city of Chad, located at the Chari river opposite Kousséri, Cameroon.
Synonyms
- (former name) Fort-Lamy
Translations
capital city of Chad
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Afrikaans
Alternative forms
Proper noun
N'Djamena
- N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
N'Djamena f
- N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)
Declension
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Proper noun
N’Djamena f
- N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)
Portuguese
Proper noun
N'Djamena f
- N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)
Categories:
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Chad
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in Chad
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Cities in Chad
- af:National capitals
- af:Places in Chad
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Cities in Chad
- cs:National capitals
- cs:Places in Chad
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Cities in Chad
- fr:National capitals
- fr:Places in Chad
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Cities in Chad
- pt:National capitals
- pt:Places in Chad