The New Student's Reference Work/Tananarivo

Tananarivo (tȧ-nä′nȧ-rē-vṓ′) or Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar (q. v.), is built on a long hill 7,000 feet above the sea The houses are of wood or bamboo, roofed with bamboo or mats. The habits and ways of the people have been greatly bettered under the teaching of missionaries. Population 65,000.