Loanda
Britishnoun
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Walter Thomas Christopher Manley of Loanda Crescent, Newry, had been scheduled to go on trial for the manslaughter of Ian McCollum and for being an employee in breach of duty to others.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Yet for all that, Loanda had no laid-on water supply nor public street lamps until she was well on in her 400th year, which was just before I first met her.
From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
During her brother's reign, Zhinga was sent as ambassadress to Loanda, to negotiate terms of peace with the Portuguese.
From An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
So Loanda, Angola, was ordered street lamps—stylish things street lamps!—a telephone, and a water supply.
From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
The bishop, acting as head of the provisional government, received them in form, and gave them permission to come to Loanda and trade as often as they wished, with which they were greatly pleased.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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