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Luanda

Definition: Luanda

Luanda

Noun

1. Port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Luanda

DomainDefinitions

Geography

Capital of Angola. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Luanda

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Luanda ("Loo-AN-dah") is the largest city (1995 est. pop. 3 million) and capital of Angola in Africa. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, it is both Angola's chief seaport and administrative centre.

Manufactures include processed foods, beverages, textiles, cement and other construction materials, plastic products, metalware, cigarettes, and shoes. Petroleum, found nearby, is refined in the city although this facility has been repeatedly damaged during the civil war. Luanda has an excellent natural harbour, and the chief exports are coffee, cotton, sugar, diamonds, iron, and salt. However, the economy of Luanda continues to be severely disrupted by the ongoing military conflicts in Angola.

The inhabitants of Luanda are primarily members of African ethnic groups, including the Ovimbundu, Kimbundu and Bakongo tribes. The official language is Portuguese, although many Bantu-related indigenous languages are spoken. There is a very small population of European origin.

History

Founded in 1575 by the Portuguese as São Paulo de Luanda, the city has been the administrative centre of Angola since 1627 (except for 1640–1648). From c.1550 to c.1850 it was the center of a large slave trade to Brazil.

After Angolan independence (1975), much of the city's large Portuguese population left and was replaced by large numbers of Cubans, many of them soldiers. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop. It is also the location of the University of Angola, the 17th-century Fort of São Miguel, and the Governor's Palace.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Luanda."

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Synonym: Luanda

Synonym: Angolan capital (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Luanda

Non-English Usage: "Luanda" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (Luanda).

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Modern Usage: Luanda

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Universidade de Luanda (1971)

Postal de Luanda (1970)

Luanda (1957)

São Paulo de Luanda (1953)

Cidade Feiticeira Luanda (1950)

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Commercial Usage: Luanda

DomainTitle

Books

  • A economia de Luanda e hinterland no sâeculo XVIII : um estudo de sociologia histâorica (reference)

  • Actas do Seminâario Encontro de Povos e Culturas em Angola : Luanda, 3 a 6 de abril de 1995 (reference)

  • Luanda : progettare per la ricostruzione : la cooperazione universitaria in Angola (reference)

  • Luanda, 1936 (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Luanda

SubjectTopicQuote

Children

Angola

An international NGO that works with street children estimated that there are 500 to 1,000 underage prostitutes in Luanda. (references)

Angola

The UNICEF in 1998 estimated that there were approximately 5,000 street children in Luanda; some were orphans or abandoned while others ran away from their families or government facilities that were unable to support them. (references)

Civil Liberties

Angola

Extortion at checkpoints is routine in the center of Luanda and pervasive on major commercial routes. (references)

Economic History

Angola

The Dutch occupied Luanda from 1641-48, providing a boost for anti-Portuguese states. (references)

Angola

The U.S. embassy is located at Luanda (E), Rua Houari Boumedienne No. 32, Miramar, Luanda, Angola. (references)

Angola

The U.S. supported Jonas Savimbi's UNITA against the pro-Soviet and Cuban MPLA government in Luanda. (references)

Human Rights

Angola

In Luanda for example, 5 judges are responsible for an estimated 900 cases each year. (references)

Angola

There were reports of forced conscription in Luanda by the police and military; however, the Government denied the reports. (references)

Angola

According to the National Prison Service Director, there are 4,000 persons in prison, 50 percent of whom are in prisons in Luanda. (references)

Minorities

Angola

The coastal population centered in Luanda and, to a lesser extent, Benguela-Lobito, predominantly speaks Portuguese as a first language. (references)

Worker Rights

Angola

The workers took 50 foreign workers hostage but released them on January 10; they then flew to Luanda, where they were arrested but subsequently released within 72 hours. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Luanda

"Luanda" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.30% of the time. "Luanda" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)97.3%3657,479
Noun (singular)2.7%1339,140
                    Total100.00%37N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Luanda


1. Luanda , Angola
Location: 8.50 South, 13.15 East
Population (2000 estimate): 1816455
Time Zone: 1 GMT
Country: Angola

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Luanda

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

luanda

133

727 airport airspace angola ari benita benjamin boeing fleischer joseph leasing luanda padilla padilla padilla sales

97

luanda angola

81

luanda hotel

12

air ticket luanda

5

airport luanda

5

luanda map

4

luanda radio

4

avion billet luanda

3

africa luanda

3

hotel luanda tropico

3

grande hotel luanda universo

2

727 luanda

2

aereo biglietto luanda

2

luanda picture

2

luanda mapa

2

luanda sul

2

luanda map street

2

727 africa luanda

2
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Modern Translations: Luanda

Language Translations for "Luanda"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

罗安达. (various references)

   

Danish

  

Luanda. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Luanda. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Luanda. (various references)

   

French

  

Luanda. (various references)

   

German

  

Luanda. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Λουάντα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

Luanda. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uandalay

   

Portuguese

  

Luanda. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Luanda. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Luanda. (various references)

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Misspellings: Luanda

Misspellings

"Luanda" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Huandi, kuanda, Launde, Lewendon, Losada, Lovansay, lufand, Luganda, Lunardi, Lurana, Luwanga, Muangdaw, Ouadda, Ruanda, Ruxandra, Ulundi, Ulzana. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Luanda

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: landau.

Words within the letters "a-a-d-l-n-u"

-1 letter: aland, lauan, ulnad.

-2 letters: alan, anal, auld, dual, land, laud, luna, nada, ulan, ulna.

-3 letters: aal, ala, ana, and, dal, dun, lad.

-4 letters: aa, ad, al, an, la, na, nu, un.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-l-n-u"
 

+1 letter: ladanum, landaus.

 

+2 letters: dulciana, labdanum, ladanums, laudanum.

 

+3 letters: adulating, adulation, angulated, auslander, calendula, canulated, dulcianas, glandular, labdanums, landaulet, laudanums, laudation, launchpad.

 

+4 letters: abundantly, adulations, adulterant, andalusite, annualized, applauding, aquaplaned, auslanders, calendulas, granulated, landaulets, latifundia, laudations, launchpads, laundromat, laundryman, mandibular, quadrangle, quadrantal, salmagundi, scandalous, unabatedly, unanalyzed, unassailed, unbalanced, unreadable, unsalaried.

 

+5 letters: acidulating, acidulation, adulterants, altitudinal, andalusites, aptitudinal, attitudinal, autoloading, calumniated, candelabrum, devaluating, devaluation, educational, fundamental, glandularly, gradualness, latitudinal, laundromats, mandibulate, manipulated, naturalised, naturalized, outbalanced, pastureland, quadrangles, quadrennial, salmagundis, transvalued, unabashedly, unadaptable, unadoptable, unalienated, unallocated, unashamedly, unavoidable, unavoidably, unballasted, uncataloged, undanceable, undauntable, undebatable, undebatably, unevaluated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Luanda


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 75 61 6E 64 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-..    ..-    .-    -.    -..    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01110101 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#117 &#97 &#110 &#100 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0075 0061 006E 0064 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

468767807067

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Cities
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation;
Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese;
Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;