Kananga
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
After "Live and Let Die" villain Dr. Kananga balloons and explodes from ingesting a gas pellet, Roger Moore's Bond gloats, "He always did have an inflated opinion of himself."
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021
The Stade de l'Espoir in Kananga sits opposite the main police station and is a no-go area for most.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2017
The joint conference of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo the Apostolic Nunciature and the archbishop of Kananga released a statement in French on Thursday expressing “compassion and condemnation” about the continuing violence in Kasaï.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2017
The U.N. mission in Congo said its movements have been restricted by security forces in Kananga, the provincial capital of Kasai Central.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2017
Cananga or Kananga oil, the earlier distillate from the flowers of Cananga odorata, obtained chiefly from the Philippine Islands.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
