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单词 luanda
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Luanda

1
[ loo-an-duh, -ahn- ]
/ luˈæn də, -ˈɑn- /

noun

a female given name: from a Bantu word meaning “melody.”

Words nearby Luanda

LTV, lt-yr, Lu, luach, Lualaba, Luanda, Luang Prabang, Luangwa, Luanne, Luanshya, Luapula

Definition for Luanda (2 of 2)

Luanda2
[ loo-an-duh, -ahn- ]
/ luˈæn də, -ˈɑn- /

noun

a seaport in and the capital of Angola, in SW Africa.
Also Lo·an·da [loh-an-duh, -ahn-; Portuguese loo-ahn-duh] /loʊˈæn də, -ˈɑn-; Portuguese lʊˈɑ̃ də/ .
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for Luanda

  • Arik Air offers direct flights from New York to Lagos, on to growing business hubs Accra, Luanda, and Johannesburg.

    Africa Is Rising: Inside the Continent’s Great Economic Leap|Jake Bright|January 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • In 1975 he went from benighted Warsaw to far more benighted Luanda to cover the civil war in Angola.

    P.J. O’Rourke Picks His Favorite Travel Books|P. J. O’Rourke|November 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Luanda

Luanda

Loanda

/ (lʊˈændə) /

noun

the capital of Angola, a port in the west, on the Atlantic: founded in 1576, it became a centre of the slave trade to Brazil in the 17th and 18th centuries; oil refining. Pop: 2 839 000 (2005 est)Official name: São Paulo de Loanda
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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