Duala

[ doo-ah-lah ]

/ duˈɑ lɑ /

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Words nearby Duala

DTT, dTTP, du, duad, dual, Duala, Dual Alliance, dual-band, dual-carb, dual carriageway, dual citizen

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Example sentences from the Web for Duala

Two days after we had stored away the mahogany we anchored off Duala, the capital of the German Cameroons.
The Congo and Coasts of Africa|Richard Harding Davis
Duala is the headquarters of the merchants and missionaries.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1|Various
This is quite a pretty little place (Duala) with some jolly houses, typical German of the Schloss villa type; nice inside and out.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915|Various
The eldest of these Ibn Duala, a man of sixty, is very well-mannered and amiable.
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, Vol. 2 [of 2]|Anne Blunt

Mujuka, a station about fifty miles from Duala, was occupied by the British a few weeks later.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII)|Various

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Duala

/ (dʊˈɑːlə, -lɑː) /

noun

plural -la or -las a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in Cameroon

the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

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