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Kalúnga

2 entry variants

Kalúngahomonym 2

nounReviewed

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    Liquid mass surrounding the continents. Ocean. The sea.
    Examples
    • 💬mênha na kalúnga
  2. 2
    The immensity; the void; the abyss.
  3. 3
    Misfortune; disgrace; plague. Calamity. Slaughter. Death , ndele ni nzumbi.
    Examples
    • 💬henda i akua kalúnga
  4. 4
    Form of address equivalent to Excellency, Eminence. Lord. Nobleman with the honours of greatness. Person of high rank.
  5. 5
    mythology
    God . , God of Death. Death itself. The Beyond, Eternity. One of the three goddesses who spun and cut the thread of life.
    Examples
    • 💬muenhu uâmi kalúnga u au bangele
    • 💬kalúnga'a-ngombe
  6. 6
    God of family, of life. The greatest of the Gods.
    Examples
    • 💬kalúnga'a Samba
  7. 7
    chorography
    River, tributary of the left bank of the Capororo river, in the district and province of Benguela. , village and post of Cameia, civil district of Dilolo, district of Moxico, province of Bié, with 8,512 inhabitants.
    Examples
    • 💬kalúnga kha Menha
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