seaport & capital of Senegal, on the W coast: pop. 1,730,000
See Dakar in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(də-kärˈ, dăkˈärˌ)
The capital and largest city of Senegal, in the western part of the country on the Atlantic Ocean. It grew around a French fort built in 1857 and was the capital of French West Africa from 1902 to 1959. Population: 1,980,000.