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Huambo

American  
[wahm-baw] / ˈwɑm bɔ /

noun

  1. a city in central Angola.


Huambo British  
/ ˈwambu /

noun

  1. Former name (1928–73): Nova Lisboa. a town in central Angola: designated at one time by the Portuguese as the future capital of the country. Pop: 756 000 (2005 est)

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His family lived in Huambo, the third biggest city, and elsewhere in the country.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2021

Harry will then travel to Huambo to visit an area Diana went to and was a dangerous minefield in 1997 but is now a thriving town.

From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2019

That field in Huambo is now a busy street, and Angola’s government, now years past a grinding civil war, hopes to be free of land mines by 2025.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2019

He was passing through town before a weeklong assignment and decided he would rescue her on his way back through Huambo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2017

Office of Emergency Operations reported in 1986 that up to 45% of the children in Huambo province, where guerrilla activity is common, suffered from malnutrition.

From Time Magazine Archive

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