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Ndóngo

2 entry variants

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    Regular form of an external cult; ceremony; solemnity; conventional formalities for certain acts; ceremonial; precept; superior deliberative body; meeting where opinions are expressed…
  2. 2
    opinions, judgements; family council, council of ministers, war council
  3. 3
    large canoe for cargo transport; river vessel
  4. 4
    chorography
    (chorography) Village and seat of the post of the same name, civil circumscription of the Ganguelas, district and province of Bié, with 12,125 inhabitants.
  5. 5
    (chorography) Village in the former municipality of Massangano, civil circumscription of Cambambe, province of Luanda, on the banks of the Mucoso river.
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Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    church; cathedral; temple; house of prayer in which a deity is worshipped; place where the faithful gather for divine worship; synagogue
  2. 2
    Former residence of King Ngola (D. João Hari), defeated in 1671 by Luís Lopes de Sequeira.
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