Douala

[ doo-ah-lah ]

noun

a seaport in W Cameroon.

Also Duala.

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How to use Douala in a sentence

The Cameroonian born tech entrepreneur lives in the US but was in Douala, Cameroon’s main port city, this week.
Cameroon detained an influential tech figure for African entrepreneurs | Alexander Onukwue | August 12, 2021 | Quartz
Along with a cadre of other young, outspoken LGBT-rights activists in Yaoundé and Douala, Lembembe was impatient for change.
Processing the Murder of Eric Ohena Lembembe | Neela Ghoshal | July 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Douala

Douala

Duala

/ (dʊˈɑːlə) /

noun

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)

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