Luangwa

[loo-ahng-wah]

noun

1. a river in E Zambia, flowing SSW to the Zambezi River. 500 miles (805 km) long: forms part of boundary with Mozambique.

Example Sentences

Easton Janet Taylor, 68, from the UK and 67-year-old Alison Jean Taylor from New Zealand were attacked by a female elephant that was with a calf at the South Luangwa National Park, said local police chief Robertson Mweemba.

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He was on an illegal elephant hunt with a group of men inside North Luangwa National Park in the southern African nation of Zambia.

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Bernard Mutondo once made a living hunting elephants in North Luangwa National Park in Zambia, until Delia and Mark Owens arrived.Credit...

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“You wouldn’t get far, child. The border patrol watches that part of the river like vultures. Anyhow, the Zambezi speeds up where the Luangwa joins the main channel. If the soldiers didn’t shoot you, the current would send you straight to the bottom.”

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If the mouth of the Luangwa River was as bad as everyone said, it wouldn’t have survived anyhow.

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