Benguela

[ ben-gel-uh, -gey-luh, beng- ]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Angola.

Benguela

/ bɛŋˈɡwɛlə /

noun

1. a port in W Angola: founded in 1617; a terminus (with Lobito) of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Pop: about 200 000 (1990 est)

Example Sentences

The Benguela took a black pilot aboard and proceeded straight up to the port of Banana.

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The Benguela came up the river that afternoon and the smaller steamer was placed alongside her.

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With the tea we had excellent American biscuit and preserved fruits, which had been brought to him all the way from Benguela.

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Near the Gaboon river it is called wambee; and in Benguela, kissumba.

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Benguela; closely allied both in language and appearance, and nations whose place in the Kaffre division has long been recognised.

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