N'Djamena

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

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

Synonyms

(former name) Fort-Lamy

Translations

capital city of Chad

Arabic: نِجَامِينَا‎ f (nijāmīnā), إِنْجَامِينَا‎ f (ʔinjāmīnā)
Armenian: Նջամենա (Nǰamena)
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
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 f (Ndžaména)
Spanish: Yamena (es) f
Turkish: Encemine
Ukrainian: Нджаме́на f (Ndžaména)
Vietnamese: Nơ-gia-mê-na

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈndʒamɛna]

Proper noun

N'Djamena f

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

N'Djamena f

N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)

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