In 1865 or 1866, Sultan Majid bin Said of Zanzibar began building a new city very close to Mzizima and named it Dar es Salaam. The name is commonly translated from Arabic as "abode (home) of peace", from dar ("house"), and es salaam ("of peace").
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The city's name in Arabic means "Abode of Peace". Dar es Salaam was at one time called Mzizima.
( Dari Salaam) He changed the name of Mzizima to Dari Salaam, “Dari” means the “upper roof or terrace sheltered” and “Salaam means “safe heaven/ place where ...
a seaport in Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: the former capital.
4 days ago · the capital city of Tanzania, in the eastern part of the country: It will be partly sunny, breezy, and very humid ...