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Dakar
(redirected from Archbishop of Dakar)

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Da·kar  (d-kär, dkär)
The capital and largest city of Senegal, in the western part of the country on the Atlantic Ocean. It grew around a French fort built in 1857 and was the capital of French West Africa from 1902 to 1959. Population: 1,980,000.

Dakar [ˈdækə]
n
(Placename) the capital and chief port of Senegal, on the SE side of Cape Verde peninsula. Pop.: 1 999 000 (1998 est.)
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Noun1.Dakar - the capital and chief port and largest city of SenegalDakar - the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal
Republic of Senegal, Senegal - a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960
Translations
Dakar [ˈdækəʳ] NDakar m
Dakar [ˈdækər] nDakar
Dakar [ˈdækəʳ] nDakar f


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He was the archbishop of Dakar, Senegal before he was elected superior general of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit.
In December 2006 Archbishop of Dakar Theodore Adrien Sarr and Serigne Abdoul Aziz Sy al Ibn presided over a forum organized by Rencontre Africaine pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO), one of the leading human rights groups in the country.
Lefebvre, formerly Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal, rejected the liturgical changes made by Vatican Council II.
 
 
 
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