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Daddah

American  
[dad-uh, dah-dah] / ˈdæd ə, ˈdɑ dɑ /

noun

  1. Mokhtar Ould 1924–2003, Mauritanian statesman: first president of the Republic of Mauritania 1961–78.


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Daddah was arrested at home and bundled off unharmed to a site outside the capital.

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Today, with the help of French grants and loans, Daddah is slowly building a town; using seashells from the coast as a cheaper substitute for the gravel needed to make concrete.

From Time Magazine Archive

Defying Morocco, Mauritania's Sorbonne-educated Premier Moktar Ould Daddah, 38, has argued all along that there is no historical basis for union, and that the two countries have neither lan guage nor ethnic origins in common.

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The son of a desert sheik, Daddah spent his youth following his father's camel flock.

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No," said Mary Jane, decidedly, "Daddah will come out and get some to-morrow, maybe.

From Mary Jane: Her Book by Judson, Clara Ingram