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  • noun the language of the BaLunda people of central Africa

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Examples

  • It would have been interesting to compare these localities with those that we know of in the same parallels to-day; but the lack of details obliges us to desist, merely observing that the word Lunda was well-known to Portuguese travellers.

    Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

  • Any signal we make will not be seen by the folk of Burra Isle, and not likely noticed by any one on Lunda, which is so much farther away.

    Viking Boys Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby 1891

  • He inhabited a town called Lunda, which was two miles in extent, and situated upon the eastern shore of the lake called Mofo.

    Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

  • No elogio fúnebre, destacou-se a participação activa de Beatriz Salucombo nas acções de luta clandestina contra o colonialismo português, particularmente no apoio aos guerrilheiros do MPLA na zona da Lunda Sul.

    Global Voices in English » Angola: The assassination of a ruling party MP 2009

  • The eulogy highlighted Beatriz Salucombo's active participation in the clandestine fight against Portuguese colonialism, especially in support of the MPLA guerrillas in the Lunda Sul area.

    Global Voices in English » Angola: The assassination of a ruling party MP 2009

  • In its most recent statement, Amnesty International expressed serious concern about the health of 37 political detainees in Conduege prison in Dundo, Lunda Norte province: Their health continues to deteriorate due to the persisting unsanitary conditions, insufficient and inadequate food and water and lack of medical treatment.

    Angola's human rights record David Smith 2010

  • Amnesty International express serious concern about the health of 37 political detainees in Conduege prison in Dundo, Lunda Norte province

    Angola's human rights record David Smith 2010

  • Other numerous species include the yellowbilled diver Gavia adamsii, whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, lesser whitefronted goose Anser erythropus, slatybacked gull Larus Schistisagus, Kamchatka tern Sterna camtschatica, guillemot Uria aalge, thickbilled guillemot Uria lomvia, pigeon guillemot Cepphus columbs, ancient murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus, horned puffin Fratercula Corniculata and tufted puffin Lunda cirrhata.

    Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation 2008

  • Rivalries dating from the secession movement pit the Balubakat people dominating the north of Katanga against the Lunda and

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • The Balubakats are accused of confiscating power, and it was the southerners, backed by Belgian mining interests, who launched the secession bid after Tshombe, a Lunda, was not included in the first post-independence government of Patrice Lumumba.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

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