N'Djamena

See also: Ndjamena and N'Djaména

English

Etymology

Renamed from Fort-Lamy on April 6, 1973 by President François Tombalbaye, after the Arabic name of a nearby village, نِجَامِينَا (nijāmīnā), meaning “place of rest”, as part of his authenticité program of Africanization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ənd͡ʒɑːˈmeɪnɑː/

Proper noun

N'Djamena

1. The capital city of Chad, located at the Chari river opposite Kousséri, Cameroon.

Synonyms

• (former name) Fort-Lamy

Translations

capital city of Chad

• Afrikaans: N'Djamena, Ndjamena
• Arabic: نِجَامِينَا f (nijāmīnā), إِنْجَامِينَا f (ʔinjāmīnā)
• Armenian: Նջամենա (Nǰamena)
• Asturian: Xamena (ast)
• Belarusian: Нджаме́на f (Ndžamjéna), Нджамэ́на f (Ndžaména) (taraškievica)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恩賈梅納／恩贾梅纳 (zh) (Ēnjiǎméinà)

• Czech: N'Djamena
• Danish: N'Djamena
• Dutch: N'Djamena n, Ndjamena n
• Esperanto: Nĵameno
• Farefare: Anzamena
• Finnish: N’Djamena (fi)
• French: N’Djamena (fr) f, N’Djaména (fr) f, Ndjamena (fr) f
• German: N'Djamena (de) n
• Italian: N'Djamena f
• Japanese: ンジャメナ (ja) (Njamena), エンジャメナ (Enjamena)
• Korean: 은자메나 (ko) (Eunjamena)
• Lithuanian: Ndžamena f
• Polish: Ndżamena (pl) f
• Portuguese: N'Djamena (pt) f, Jamena (pt) f
• Russian: Нджаме́на (ru) f (Ndžaména)
• Spanish: Yamena (es) f
• Turkish: Encemine
• Ukrainian: Нджаме́на f (Ndžaména)
• Vietnamese: Nơ-gia-mê-na

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• Ndjamena

Proper noun

N'Djamena

1. N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈndʒamɛna]

Proper noun

N'Djamena f

1. N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)

Declension

Declension of N'Djamena (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	N'Djamena
genitive	N'Djameny
dative	N'Djameně
accusative	N'Djamenu
vocative	N'Djameno
locative	N'Djameně
instrumental	N'Djamenou

French

Alternative forms

• N’Djaména, Ndjamena

Etymology

• (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

N’Djamena f

1. N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)

   Holonym: Tchad

   Synonym: (historical) Fort-Lamy

Portuguese

Proper noun

N'Djamena f

1. N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)