Luanda

¹

[ loo-an-duh, -ahn- ]

noun

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

Luanda

²

[ loo-an-duh, -ahn- ]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Angola, in SW Africa.

Luanda

/ lʊˈændə /

noun

1. 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 nameSão Paulo de Loanda

Example Sentences

A third of the popular soccer team Sporting Lisbon is in the portfolio of Luanda-based holding company Holdimo.

From Ozy

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

From The Daily Beast

In 1975 he went from benighted Warsaw to far more benighted Luanda to cover the civil war in Angola.

From The Daily Beast