- ndjamena by WordNet
nounThe capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river.synonyms: N'Djamena, Fort-Lamy, capital of Chad
- N'Djamena by WordNet
nounThe capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river.synonyms: Ndjamena, Fort-Lamy, capital of Chad
- N'Djamena by Kaitlyn Frazier
... River. Founded in 1900 as Fort-Lamy, it remained a small settlement until after Chad's independence in 1960. In 1973 its name was changed to N'Djamena. It was occupied by Libyan forces in 1980–81 during the civil war that began in the 1960s. It is an important marketplace for cotton, cattle, and fish. It is the site of the nation's only university, the ...
- Ndjamena by Maya Francis
Formerly Fort-Lamy., city (1993 urban pop. 213,342), capital of Chad and of Chari-Baguirmi prefecture, SW Chad. It is a port on the Chari River and a transportation hub that lies on roads leading to Nigeria, Sudan, and the Central African ...
- Chari by Cassidy Taylor
... , c.650 mi (1,050 km) long, rising in the uplands of the Central African Republic, N central Africa. It flows NW across S Chad, past Sarh (Fort Archambault), Bousso, and Ndjamena (Fort-Lamy), and enters Lake Chad through a wide delta. The Logone River is its chief tributary. During the summer rainy season, the river floods much of the surrounding area.