Dar es Salaam

English

Etymology

From Arabic دَار اَلسَّلَام‎ (dār as-salām, “house of peace”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɑɹɛssəˈlɑm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɑːɹɛssəˈlɑːm/

Proper noun

Dar es Salaam

1. The largest city in Tanzania, and former capital (till 1974).

Synonyms

• Dar

Translations

city

• Arabic: دَار اَلسَّلَام‎ f (dār as-salām)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達累斯薩拉姆／达累斯萨拉姆 (zh) (Dáléisīsàlāmǔ)(Mainland), 三蘭港／三兰港 (Sānlángǎng) (Taiwan)

• Danish: Dar es-Salaam
• Hindi: दार अस सलाम m (dār as salām), दारुससलाम m (dārusaslām), दार-अस-सलाम m (dār-as-salām), दार उस सलाम m (dār us salām), दार-उस-सलाम m (dār-us-salām), दार ए सलाम m (dār e salām), दार-ए-सलाम m (dār-e-salām)
• Irish: Dárasalám m
• Japanese: ダルエスサラーム (Daruesusarāmu)
• Korean: 다르에스살람 (Dareueseusallam)
• Polish: Dar es Salaam (pl) n
• Russian: Дар-эс-Сала́м m (Dar-es-Salám)
• Swahili: Dar es Salaam
• Vietnamese: Đa-ét Xa-lam

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَار اَلسَّلَام‎ (dār as-salām, “house of peace”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Dar es Salaam

1. Dar es Salaam (the largest city in Tanzania).
2. A region of Tanzania