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Radama I

(Encyclopedia)Radama I rädä´m [key], c.1793–1828, founder of the kingdom of Madagascar. He succeeded (1810) his father, Andrianimpoinimerina, as king of Merina, a small kingdom on the central plateau of the ...

Toamasina

(Encyclopedia)Toamasina tm´sn [key], formerly Tamatavetämätäv´ [key], city (1993 pop. 127,441), NE Madagascar. Situated on the Indian Ocean, it is the nation's chief port and is connected by rail wit...

Antananarivo

(Encyclopedia)Antananarivo äntänänär´v [key] or Tananarivetänänärv´ [key], city (1993 pop. 675,669), capital of Madagascar. Antananarivo is Madagascar's largest city and is its administrative, commun...

Madagascar

(Encyclopedia)Madagascar mdgs´cär [key], officially Republic of Madagascar, republic (2015 est. pop. 24,234,000), 226,658 sq mi (587,045 sq km), in the Indian Ocean, separated from E Africa by the Mozambi...

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