Saint-Lou·is (s  -l -  ) A city of northwest Senegal at the mouth of the Senegal River. The oldest French colonial settlement in Africa, it was founded as a trading base c. 1658. It was the capital of French West Africa from 1895 to 1902 and the capital of Senegal until 1958. Population: 154,000. |
Saint-Louis (French) [sɛ̃lwi]
n usually abbreviated to St-Louis
(Placename) a port in NW Senegal, on an island at the mouth of the Senegal River: the first French settlement in W Africa (1689); capital of Senegal until 1958. Pop.: 180 000 (1998 est.)
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