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Cunene

American  
[koo-nay-nuh] / kuˈneɪ nə /
Or Kunene

noun

  1. a river in W central Angola, flowing S and W to the Atlantic Ocean. 750 miles (1,207 km) long.


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But barring a direct confrontation of the M.P.L.A. and its battle-hardened Cubans with some 5,000 South African regulars dug in around the Cunene River hydroelectric complex just inside Angola, large-scale fighting appeared to be over.

From Time Magazine Archive

Still others joined a convoy of trucks that crossed the Cunene River and headed along the scorched Namib coastline, known locally as the Coast of Loneliness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pretoria's forces still remained inside Angola, settling in around the Cunene River hydroelectric complex 20 miles north of the South West African border.

From Time Magazine Archive

The South Africans are anxious to avoid a battle around the $300 million Cunene complex, in which they have heavily invested.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the west side the Bushmen are still heard of as far north as the Cunene, and in the interior beyond Lake Ngami nearly to the right bank of the Zambesi.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

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