Dar es Salaam

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Dar es Salaam

  • /ɗɑɾ ɛs sɑˈlɑːm/

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

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

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"Dar es Salaam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/dar%20es%20salaam. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Dar es Salaam. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/dar%20es%20salaam

Chicago

"Dar es Salaam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/dar%20es%20salaam.

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@misc{dar_es_salaam_2026,
  title = {Dar es Salaam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/dar%20es%20salaam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-Dar es Salaam.flac.