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mombasa

/mɑmˈbɑsə/

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What does mombasa mean?

proper noun

  1. A large coastal city in Kenya, the second-largest city in Kenya.
  2. A county of Kenya.

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IPA pronunciation

/mɑmˈbɑsə/

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Portions of this railway from Mombasa to Uganda are still being made, and here these lions fell on the workmen and destroyed them.
J. H. (John Henry) PattersonThe Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African AdventuresProject Gutenberg ebook #3810
Again, one may hear the most marvellous of yarns the other way about-of the German who shot one from the train on the way up from Mombasa; of the young English tenderfoot who, the first day out, came on three asleep, across a river, and potted the lot; and so on.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe Land of FootprintsProject Gutenberg ebook #1378
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So near that islet lay along the land, Nought save a narrow channel stood atween; And rose a city throned on the strand, Which from the margent of the seas was seen; Fair built with lordly buildings tall and grand As from its offing showed all its sheen, Here ruled a monarch for long years high famed, Islet and city are Mombasa named.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315