Antananarivo is the capital city of Madagascar, the large island country in the Indian Ocean, off the east coast of Africa. It sits inland, up in the hills, not on the coast. Older European maps and French-speaking people called it Tananarive or Tananarivo; you may still see that name in old books. Today the usual international name is Antananarivo, taken from Malagasy, the language of Madagascar. English speakers often stumble over it because it is long, but in writing you should use the full name. You will meet it in geography, news, and travel writing, not in casual chat unless someone is talking about that country.

安塔那那利佛（馬達加斯加首都）。舊稱塔那那利佛（法文 Tananarive），地圖或舊書裡還看得到。