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Entebbe

[en-teb-uh, -teb-ee]

noun

  1. a town in S Uganda, on Lake Victoria: international airport.



Entebbe

/ ɛˈɛɪ /

noun

  1. a town in S Uganda, on Lake Victoria: British administrative centre of Uganda (1893–1958); international airport. Pop: 57 518 (2002 est)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He wrote the cinema thrillers '71 and Entebbe.

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In June 1976, an Air France flight with 245 passengers was hijacked by terrorists and flown to Entebbe International Airport in Uganda; many passengers were freed, but 100 mostly Israeli passengers were held hostage.

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As the keynote speaker of the Entebbe event, Walberg advised Uganda to “stand firm” on the new law.

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"He was very calm and accommodating and when I stared into his deep brown eyes, I felt a deep connection," says the 53-year-old, who now lives in Entebbe, not far from the national park.

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In the most notorious international incident of Amin‘s reign, a Palestinian group hijacked an Air France airliner to Uganda‘s Entebbe Airport in 1976 and kept its Israeli passengers as hostages.

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