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Pungu

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Pungu

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Class IXAnimals, things, people, foreign languages, etc...

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    adjective
    Hornless; blunt.
  2. 2
    Omnipotent; without equal. sub. The great one; the greatest.
    Examples
    • 💬Nzambi pungu
  3. 3
    Very tall and steep rock mass, known by this name.
  4. 4
    Large sea fish.
  5. 5
    corog. and hist. Former garrison then known by the name of «Pedras Negras», founded in 1597. Located at 9° 4' 42" S lat. and 1,020 m alt.
    Examples
    • 💬pungu ta Ndongo
  6. 6
    Former court of the kings of Dongo (Ngola), conquered by Luiz Lopes de Sequeira from king D. João Hari in 1671.
  7. 7
    Village and seat of the civil post of the municipality of Cazengo, district of Quanza-Norte, province of Luanda, 7,989 inhabitants. 3rd class postal station, ambulance, sanitary services, rural school and Methodist Episcopal Mission of Qu'óngua.
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