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LUANDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Luanda mean?
• LUANDA (noun)
The noun LUANDA has 1 sense:
1. port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola
Familiarity information: LUANDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Angolan capital; Luanda
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Luanda" is a part of...):
Angola; Republic of Angola (a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990)
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