Antsiranana

[ ahnt-see-rah-nuh-nuh ]

noun

1. a seaport on N Madagascar.

Example Sentences

Shay introduces Giustinia to Père Joachim, a Betsileo priest from Antsiranana, who is the author of a lengthy treatise on Jean-Joseph Rabearivolo and other Malagasy poets, and the three spend a delightful evening discussing the Négritude movement, Machado de Assis, and James Baldwin.

From The New Yorker

Having departed the surreal landscape of the Ankarana tsingy with our precious collections, we head north to Antsiranana, a large town at the northern tip of Madagascar.

From New York Times