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Meaning of "Luanda" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LUANDA

Luanda  [lʊˈændə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUANDA

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adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Luanda is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUANDA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Luanda

Luanda

Coordinates: 8°50′18″S 13°14′04″E / 8.83833°S 13.23444°E / -8.83833; 13.23444 Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola, in Southern Africa. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a metropolitan population of over 5 million. It is also the capital city of Luanda Province, and the world's third most populous Portuguese-speaking city, behind only São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, both in Brazil, and the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital in the world, ahead of Brasília, Maputo and Lisbon. The city is currently undergoing a major reconstruction, with many large developments taking place that will alter the cityscape significantly.

Definition of Luanda in the English dictionary

The definition of Luanda in the dictionary is the capital of Angola, a port in the west, on the Atlantic: founded in 1576, it became a centre of the slave trade to Brazil in the 17th and 18th centuries; oil refining. Pop: 2 839 000 Official name: São Paulo de Loanda.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUANDA


Banda
ˈbændə
coriander
ˌkɒrɪˈændə
Ganda
ˈɡændə
Kinyarwanda
ˌkɪnjərʊˈændə
lander
ˈlændə
Leander
lɪˈændə
Loanda
ləʊˈændə
Luganda
luːˈɡændə
Maeander
miːˈændə
meander
mɪˈændə
Miranda
mɪˈrændə
oleander
ˌəʊlɪˈændə
outlander
ˈaʊtˌlændə
panda
ˈpændə
propaganda
ˌprɒpəˈɡændə
Ruanda
rʊˈændə
Rwanda
rʊˈændə
sander
ˈsændə
Uganda
juːˈɡændə
veranda
vəˈrændə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUANDA

LTR
LTSA
LTV
lu
luach
Lualaba
Luang Prabang
luau
Luba
lubber
lubber line
lubber´s hole
lubber´s line
lubberliness
lubberly
Lubbock
lube
lubfish
Lubitsch
Lublin

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUANDA

Aranda
Baganda
black propaganda
Buganda
giant panda
grey propaganda
jacaranda
Karaganda
khanda
lesser panda
Maracanda
memoranda
vanda
Vivekananda
wakanda
white propaganda

Synonyms and antonyms of Luanda in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Luanda» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUANDA

Find out the translation of Luanda to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Luanda from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Luanda» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

罗安达
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Luanda
570 millions of speakers

English

Luanda
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लुआंडा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لواندا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Луанда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Luanda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লুয়ান্ডা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Luanda
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Luanda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Luanda
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルアンダ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

루안다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luanda
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Luanda
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லுவாண்டா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लुआंडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Luanda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Luanda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Luanda
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Луанда
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Luanda
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Λουάντα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Luanda
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Luanda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Luanda
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Luanda

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUANDA»

The term «Luanda» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.598 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUANDA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Luanda» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Luanda» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Luanda

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUANDA»

Discover the use of Luanda in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Luanda and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Capoeira: The Jogo de Angola from Luanda to Cyberspace
The book opens with a study of the capoeira “Bamba,” Mestre Bimba, who became renowned as a fighting champion in Bahia and opened the first legal academy during the dictatorship of Getulio Vargas.
Gerard Taylor, 2007
2
Intonations: A Social History of Music and Nation in Luanda, ...
Intonations tells the story of how Angola's urban residents in the late colonial period (roughly 1945-74) used music to talk back to their colonial oppressors and, more importantly, to define what it meant to be Angolan and what they hoped ...
Marissa Jean Moorman, 2008
3
Angola
eBizguides. ttoN>MEA(o^Securitas de Angola Seguranca e Vigilancia, Lda. | Rua Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto, n° 67/68 Kinanga - Luanda Tel: +244-222- 398269 Fax: +244-222-395549 Email: ...
eBizguides, 2008
4
Africa South of the Sahara 2004
USA: Rua Houari Boumedienne 32, Miramar, CP 6468, Luanda; tel. (2) 347028; fax (2) 346924; Ambassador CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM DELL. Viet Nam: Rua Comandante N'zaji 66-68, CP 75, Luanda; tel. (2) 323388; Ambassador NGUYEN ...
Europa Publications, 2003
5
The Europa World Year Book 2003
Cote d'lvoire: Rua Riyad 41^3, Luanda; tel. (2) 390150; fax (2) 333997; Ambassador ETIENNE MIEZAN Ezo. Cuba: Rua Che Guevara 42, Bairro Ingombotas, Luanda; tel. (2) 339165; Ambassador JUAN B. PUJOL-SANCHEZ. Egypt: Rua ...
Taylor & Francis Group, 2003
6
Africa South of the Sahara 2003
France: Rua Reverendo Pedro Agostinho Neto 31-33, Luanda; tel. 12} 334335; fax (2) 391949; Ambassador: ALAIN RICHARD. Gabon: Avda 4 de Fevereiro 95, Luanda; tel. (2) 372614; Ambassador: RAPHAEL NKASSA-NZOGHO. Germany:  ...
Eur, 2002
7
Europa World Year
MINISTRIES Office of the President: Protocolo de Estado, Futungo de Belas, Luanda; tel. (2) 376150; fax (2) 370366. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development: Avda Coman- dante Gika 2, CP 527, Luanda; tel. (2) 323857; fax ( 2) 320553; ...
Taylor & Francis Group, 2004
8
Africa Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report
Ministry of Ex-Servicemen and War Veterans, 2 Avenida Comandante Gika, CP 5466 Luanda (tel: 321 -11 7; fax: 323-561). Ministry of Family and Women's Advancement, Edificio Palacio de Vidro, Largo 4 de Fevereiro, 1242 Luanda (tel:  ...
International Chamber of Commerce, 2003
9
Angola
Guinea-Bissau Consulate: Rua Amilcar Cabral 94/C, Luanda;\222 333 503 India Rua Marques Minas, Luanda;\222 335 455/371 060 Ireland Angola is handled from the Irish Embassy in Mozambique: Av Julius Nyerere 3332, Maputo; \0025 ...
Mike Stead, Sean Rorison, 2013
10
Private Solutions for Infrastructure in Angola
At present all goods are entering and leaving Luanda port by road,due to the rail link being inoperable.An interesting potential strategy is for the opportunity of multimodal connections in the Port of Luanda. In coordination with the Railway ...
‎2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUANDA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Luanda is used in the context of the following news items.
1
São Tomé and Príncipe: Sao Tome Minister Leaves Luanda
email. more. Luanda — Sao Tome minister of Internal Affairs, Arlindo Ramos, left Friday Luanda after a five-day working visit to Angola aimed at ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
allAfrica.com: Angola: Luanda Military Region, Viana Municipality …
Luanda — A Luanda Military Region delegation led by its Commander, Lt Gen Simão Carlitos "Wala", visited on Friday Viana municipality, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
Angola: First "Confiança" Insurance Desk Opens in Luanda
Luanda — The first desk of the "Confiança Seguros de Angola", an emerging insurance company, was inaugurated Friday in Luanda, by the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Luanda Governor Announces Measures to Improve Road Traffic
LuandaLuanda province governor Graciano Francisco Domingos Friday here announced the construction of roads and a surface metro to ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
New Radio Station Launched in Luanda
Luanda — The new radio station called "Voice of Hope", which belongs to Tocoista Church, was co-inaugurated Thursday by the minister of ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
6
Yanick Moreira Expected in Luanda Thursday
Luanda — The Angolan center Yanick Moreira is expected this Thursday in Luanda, in transit to Spain, so as to join the Angolan national senior ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
Foreign Minister of India in Luanda
Luanda — The minister of State of Foreign Affairs of India, General Vijay Kumar Singh, arrived on Wednesday in Luanda, for, among other ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
ANGOLA : Sapin goes to Luanda
He almost cancelled his trip to Angola with President François Hollande to deal with the Greek crisis, but Michel Sapin ended up going to ... «Africa Intelligence, Jul 15»
9
ANGOLA/FRANCE : Bucy & Associates paves Eiffage's way in Luanda
French construction company Eiffage's signature of a memorandum of understanding with the Angolan government on July 3 for a $195 ... «Africa Intelligence, Jul 15»
10
Luanda Governor Stresses Prevention in Disease Combat
Luanda — The governor of Luanda province, Graciano Domingo, Tuesday considered the prevention through massive vaccination campaigns ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Luanda [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/luanda>. May 2024 ».
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