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Entebbe

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En·teb·be  (n-tb, -tb)
A town of southern Uganda on Lake Victoria. Formerly (1894-1962) the capital of Uganda, it is the site of an international airport, where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers. Population: 55,000.
Entebbe [ɛnˈtɛbɪ]
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(Placename) a town in S Uganda, on Lake Victoria: British administrative centre of Uganda (1893-1958); international airport. Pop.: 41 638 (1991)
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Noun1.Entebbe - a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)
Republic of Uganda, Uganda - a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962
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Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman laid a wreath Thursday at Uganda's Old Entebbe airport to pay tribute to a hostage rescue bid there by Israeli commandos in 1976.
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