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Definitions for mombasa
mɒmˈbɑ sɑ, -ˈbæs əmom·basa
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Princeton's WordNet
Mombasanoun
a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean
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Mombasa
Mombasa ( mom-BASS-ə; also US: -BAH-sə) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is known as "the white and blue city" in Kenya. It is the country's oldest (circa 900 AD) and second-largest city after the capital Nairobi, with a population of about 1,208,333 people according to the 2019 census. Its metropolitan region is the second-largest in the country, and has a population of 3,528,940 people.Mombasa's location on the Indian Ocean made it a historical trading centre, and it has been controlled by many countries because of its strategic location. Kenyan school history books place the founding of Mombasa as 900 A.D. It must have been already a prosperous trading town in the 12th century, as the Arab geographer al-Idrisi mentions it in 1151. The oldest stone mosque in Mombasa, Mnara, was built c. 1300. The Mandhry Mosque, built in 1570, has a minaret that contains a regionally specific ogee arch. In the late pre-colonial period, it was the metropolis of a plantation society, which became dependent on slave labour based around the ivory trade. Throughout the early modern period, Mombasa was a key node in the complex and far reaching Indian Ocean trading networks; its key exports then were ivory, millet, sesamum and coconuts. Today, Mombasa is a tourism-based town, home to one of the state houses, with an extra-large port and an international airport.
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mombasa
Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya, located on the eastern coastline of the country along the Indian Ocean. It is a major cultural, economic and transportation hub, known for its port and rich history. Mombasa has a diverse multicultural atmosphere due to its historical role as a trading center. It hosts several historical monuments like Fort Jesus and it's a popular tourist destination due to its beautiful beaches and resorts.
Wikidata
Mombasa
Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya, with a population of over one million people. A regional cultural and economic hub, Mombasa has a prominent port and an international airport, and is an important regional tourism centre. Situated on the east coast of Kenya, in Coast Province, Mombasa's bordering the Indian Ocean made it a historical trading centre, and it was successively controlled by many countries due to its strategic location. Administratively, Mombasa is the capital of, and is coincident with Mombasa County. The current governor is Hassan Ali Joho.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Mombasa
capital of British East Africa, on a rocky islet, close inshore, 50 m. N. of Pemba; was ceded with a tract of country six times the size of the British Isles, and rich in gold, copper, plumbago, and india-rubber, to the British East African Company by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1888, since when it has been rebuilt, and the harbour, one of the best and healthiest on the coast, made a naval coaling-station and head-quarters.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mombasa in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mombasa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of mombasa in a Sentence
There has not been a real integration (in Kisumu) ... like in Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, in Kisumu the integration is only when it's in the shop or at the business ... but when they go out of that particular environment there is very little integration either by way of recreation or other facilities.
World Bank economist Morisset:
If the port was as efficient as Mombasa, which is certainly not a great benchmark, the country would make almost $2 billion profit gain per year.
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- مومباساArabic
- mombasaSpanish
- מומבסהHebrew
- MombasaPortuguese
- мамбасаUkrainian
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