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Lobito

American  
[loo-bee-too] / luˈbi tu /

noun

  1. a seaport in W Angola.


Lobito British  
/ luˈβitu /

noun

  1. the chief port in Angola, in the west on Lobito Bay: terminus of the railway through Benguela to Mozambique. Pop: 470 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To get airport transportation running normally again, the Lobito company hired a worker whose sole job is to physically check beneath parked buses for napping iguanas before drivers start their engines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The project aims to develop rail infrastructure to transport large quantities of minerals extracted in southern DRC and northern Zambia to Angola's Atlantic Ocean port of Lobito for shipment to global markets.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

For years, the Lobito Corridor was billed as the biggest US infrastructure investment in Africa.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

The Lobito Corridor is a joint project between the three African countries, the US, other G7 powers and private investors.

From BBC Dec. 2, 2024

On the West Coast he spotted Lobito Bay, a land-locked harbour twenty miles north of Benguella, one of the principal parts of Angola, a Portuguese colony.

From An African Adventure by Isaac Frederick Marcosson

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