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Lúanda

2 entry variants

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    noun
    • (VI) Customs.
    • What a person pays to the Suzerain for the exercise of their trade, industry, art or occupation: kufuta –.
    • Interest.
    • Mukua–, adj. and sub. Customs officer; publican.
    • From Luanda.
    • Muxi –, Exempt; free; unobligated
    • Who does not pay taxes.
  2. 2
    chorography
    • City founded by Paulo Dias de Novais, capital and seat of the province of Angola, gov., archbishopric, Naval Service, 59 m. altitude, 8º 48' 47" S Lat. and 13º 13' E Long., 60,198 inhabitants. In remote times, according to tradition, the name Luanda referred to the place where the sports ground now stands, at Coqueiros, where export taxes on cowrie shells were collected
    • Customs.
    Examples
    • 💬mulúanda
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Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    Embassy; message to a sovereign.
  2. 2
    figurative
    Commission.
  3. 3
    Also used as adj.
    Examples
    • 💬kubeka luánda ku Luuanda
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