Word: ndjamena
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...national pride and identity, Tombalbaye ordered the 4 million citizens of the former French colony to change their foreign first names. City and street names (with the exception of the capital's main thoroughfare, Avenue Charles de Gaulle) were also Africanized. The capital, Fort-Lamy, was renamed Ndjamena, which means roughly "Leave us alone...