N'Djamena

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • capital city Chad (country), located at the Chari river opposite Kousséri, Cameroon.

Related

Similar words

  • Fort Lamy

Origin

  • Renamed from Fort Lamy on April 6, 1973 by President François Tombalbaye, after the Arabic name of a nearby village, نِجَامِينَا, meaning “place of rest”, as part of his authenticité program of Africanization.

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