Dakar is an English word with synonyms like port. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dakar meaning
The capital city of Senegal.
Synonyms of Dakar
Using Dakar
- The main meaning on this page is: The capital city of Senegal.
- Useful related words include: capital of senegal, national capital, port.
- In the example corpus, dakar often appears in combinations such as: in dakar, the dakar, dakar senegal.
Context around Dakar
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dakar
- In this selection, "dakar" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, paris, capital, linked, rally, senegal and open stand out and add context to how "dakar" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1923 linked dakar to bamako and 2019 in dakar senegal. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dakar" sits close to words such as adaptability, alam and arable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dakar
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sam Mednick contributed to this report from Dakar, Senegal. (9 words)
Protesters have taken to the streets in capital Dakar against what they call an increasingly repressive state. (17 words)
Gendarmes are deployed to calm protests after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been detained, in Dakar, Senegal, July 31, 2023. (20 words)
A major theme of the three-day summit in the Senegalese capital Dakar was that African countries need to boost their food production capacity rather than relying on imports that have left them vulnerable to price spikes and shortages. (39 words)
For Mitsubishi’s sixth running of the Paris-Dakar rally, the automaker overhauled its Pajero-based race truck with new aerodynamics and a 275-hp turbocharged engine that enabled it to hit speeds of 124 mph. (36 words)
Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah won the Dakar Rally car crown for the fifth time on Sunday while Argentine KTM rider Kevin Benavides triumphed on two wheels to take his second title in Saudi Arabia. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
After the Yaounde Open the athletes will be preparing for the Dakar Open which will take place from November 16 to 24, 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.
A second major railroad, the Dakar-Niger built from 1906–1923, linked Dakar to Bamako and consolidated the city's position at the head of France's West African empire.
Countries through which the Dakar Rally has been from 2009 to 2014 since it was moved from the previous Paris-Dakar route due to security concerns.
Dakar Rally In 1980, Volkswagen competed in the Paris-Dakar Rally with the Audi-developed Iltis, placing 1st, 2nd, 4th and 9th overall.
In 1979, a young Frenchman, Thierry Sabine, founded an institution when he organised the first "rallye-raid" from Paris to Dakar, in Senegal, the event now called the Dakar Rally.
A major theme of the three-day summit in the Senegalese capital Dakar was that African countries need to boost their food production capacity rather than relying on imports that have left them vulnerable to price spikes and shortages.
Dakar Rally champion Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah has now set his sights on qualifying for a seventh Olympic Games appearance at Paris next year at the age of 53.
Diamniadio (Senegal) – President of Senegal Macky Sall on Wednesday in Diamniadio, 30 km from Dakar, received a message from the head of government, Aziz Akannouch, His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
Earlier, thick black smoke had billowed from a central university campus in Dakar, where protesters set several buses alight in the afternoon and threw rocks at riot police who responded by firing teargas.
For Mitsubishi’s sixth running of the Paris-Dakar rally, the automaker overhauled its Pajero-based race truck with new aerodynamics and a 275-hp turbocharged engine that enabled it to hit speeds of 124 mph.
Gendarmes are deployed to calm protests after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been detained, in Dakar, Senegal, July 31, 2023.
However, hundreds of artists from around the world showcased their works in over 400 other spaces (including hotels and restaurant walls) around Dakar and throughout Senegal.
It was only when we wanted to try channel my inner Dakar that I didn’t enjoy the experience offered by the engine/transmission combo.
Mr. Fall said the survivors he spoke with told him that their boat, packed with people, left from Thiaroye, a suburb of Dakar.
On 12 February 2023, one sample was confirmed positive for Marburg virus by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), at the Institute Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal.
On Tuesday the second stage from this year’s Dakar Rally will leave the Sea Camp in the direction of Al-Ula.
Police fired tear gas on demonstrators who built makeshift barricades along one of Dakar's main highways and in one neighbourhood set cars and a ministerial building on fire.
Protesters have taken to the streets in capital Dakar against what they call an increasingly repressive state.
Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah won the Dakar Rally car crown for the fifth time on Sunday while Argentine KTM rider Kevin Benavides triumphed on two wheels to take his second title in Saudi Arabia.
Sam Mednick contributed to this report from Dakar, Senegal.
Common combinations with dakar
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in dakar 27×
- the dakar 20×
- dakar senegal 20×
- dakar rally 18×
- to dakar 8×
- from dakar 7×
- of dakar 7×
- dakar and 6×
- dakar on 6×
- and dakar 5×