Zanzibar
['zænzəbɑr]
Definition
(noun.) an island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa; part of the United Republic of Tanzania.
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Examples
- I will read an extract from a letter written by a lady who received the cream: ‘Universities Mission To Central Africa, ‘Mbweni, Zanzibar, March 8, 1881. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In 1497, Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon to Zanzibar, and thence, with an Arab pilot, he struck across the Indian Ocean to Calicut in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I recognized it from the description of the Greek at Zanzibar; and, having landed, climbed up over the peaks. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Last year I sent some Devonshire clotted cream, which I prepared myself, to Zanzibar, on the east coast of Africa. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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