Luanda

[loo-an-duh, -ahn-]

Lu·an·da

[loo-an-duh, -ahn-]
noun
a seaport in and the capital of Angola, in SW Africa. 475,328.
Also, Loanda.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Lu·an·da

[loo-an-duh, -ahn-]
noun
a female given name: from a Bantu word meaning “melody.”

An·go·la

[ang-goh-luh]
noun
a republic in SW Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence Nov. 11, 1975. 10,623,994; 481,226 sq. mi. (1,246,375 sq. km). Capital: Luanda.

An·go·lan, adjective, noun
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Luanda or Loanda (lʊˈændə)
 
n
Official name: São Paulo de Loanda 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)
 
Loanda or Loanda
 
n

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