Africa
Madagascar
no articleGoing there, being there
à Madagascar
Coming from
de Madagascar
Why
Madagascar takes no article at all, so the preposition stays à, with nothing between it and the name: à Madagascar.
The people
un Malgache, une Malgache
Official languages
malgache, français
Capital
Antananarivo
Example
La vanille pousse à Madagascar.
Vanilla grows in Madagascar.
Worth knowing
Madagascar takes no article: à Madagascar, de Madagascar. The noun looks nothing like the name: un Malgache.
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