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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of southern Uganda on Lake Victoria. Formerly (1894–1962) the capital of Uganda, it is the site of the international airport where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held by a group of Palestinian hijackers.
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- noun a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)
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Examples
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After a meeting Wednesday with the U.N. Security Council in Entebbe, President Museveni said he could raise as many troops as needed, but other countries must offer the financing and equipment for such an expanded peacekeeping force.
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Forum on 17 July in Entebbe, which is organized in cooperation with the African Union
Spero News 2010
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Recall the Entebbe hijacking and the Israeli rescue operation.
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A Kenyan from the Rift Valley, training to be a nutritionist, is looking for an internship not too far from home, maybe in Entebbe, Uganda, where he aspires to work for a semester.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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A Kenyan from the Rift Valley, training to be a nutritionist, is looking for an internship not too far from home, maybe in Entebbe, Uganda, where he aspires to work for a semester.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Kenya Airways said it had received information that the plane would not be allowed to land at Entebbe International Airport if the opposition leader was on board.
Besigye Prevented from Returning to Uganda on Eve of Inauguration 2011
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On Friday, officials initially blocked Mr. Besigye from getting on a flight at Entebbe Airport bound for Kenya for medical treatment for injuries sustained in the arrest, but later relented and allowed him to leave the country.
Riots, and Deadly Reply, Cloud Uganda Talks Nicholas Bariyo 2011
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"Airline officials told him that the Ugandan government had threatened to bar the plane carrying him from landing at Entebbe Uganda Airport," a party official said.
Ugandan Opposition Leader Is Barred From Returning Nicholas Bariyo 2011
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On one side are the daring exploits that won Israel the admiration of the world, as in the miraculous 1976 commando raid on the airport at Entebbe, Uganda, that freed Israelis and Jews taken hostage in an airline hijacking.
An Antiterror Roadmap Gabriel Schoenfeld 2011
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Kenya Airways said it had received information that the plane would not be allowed to land at Entebbe International Airport if the opposition leader was on board.
Besigye Prevented from Returning to Uganda on Eve of Inauguration 2011
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