Douala

[doo-ah-lah]

noun

1. a seaport in W Cameroon.

Douala

/ dʊˈɑːlə /

noun

1. the chief port and largest city in W Cameroon, on the Bight of Bonny: capital of the German colony of Kamerun (1901–16). Pop: 1 980 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

"There are at least 200 agencies in Douala but very few are reliable," warned Ngongang, who said he had helped 40 people leave since the end of 2023.

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On Sunday, thousands of supporters waited for hours in the rain to see him in the economic capital Douala.

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Theophile, an artist in the economic capital Douala, branded the vote a "scam".

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She was at the public prosecutor's office in Douala when she observed a group of young people handcuffed in pairs, who did not have the courage to look up.

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But that will require a shrewd reading of popular sentiment, especially among youth and the middle-class in big cities such as Yaoundé and Douala.

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