Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Bantu people inhabiting southern and central Angola.
- noun The Bantu language of this people.
- noun A member of a Bantu people inhabiting northern Angola.
- noun The Bantu language of this people.
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- proper noun An
ethnic group ofAngola .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola
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Examples
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Nzinga, queen of the Mbundu, revived the slave trade with Europeans.
1576-1671 2001
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[3] I have used the most common form, Ovimbundu (technically the plural of Umbundu): neither should be confused with Kimbundu, sometimes termed Mbundu.
Inside Angola Smiley, Xan 1983
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_Mbundu_, and it includes the languages of Central Angola, such as
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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On the north, the river Loje to some extent serves as a frontier between the _Kongo_ and _Mbundu_ tongues.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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These included the Akan of the kingdom of Asante in what is now Ghana, the Fon of Dahomey (now Benin), the Mbundu of Ndongo in modern Angola and the Kongo of today's Congo, among several others.
NYT > Home Page By HENRY LOUIS GATES Jr. 2010
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These included the Akan of the kingdom of Asante in what is now Ghana, the Fon of Dahomey (now Benin), the Mbundu of Ndongo in modern Angola and the Kongo of today's Congo, among several others.
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These included the Akan of the kingdom of Asante in what is now Ghana, the Fon of Dahomey (now Benin), the Mbundu of Ndongo in modern Angola and the Kongo of today's Congo, among several others.
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These included the Akan of the kingdom of Asante in what is now Ghana, the Fon of Dahomey (now Benin), the Mbundu of Ndongo in modern Angola and the Kongo of today's Congo, among several others.
Muti 2010
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These included the Akan of the kingdom of Asante in what is now Ghana, the Fon of Dahomey (now Benin), the Mbundu of Ndongo in modern Angola and the Kongo of today's Congo, among several others.
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These included the Akan of the kingdom of Asante in what is now Ghana, the Fon of Dahomey (now Benin), the Mbundu of Ndongo in modern Angola and the Kongo of today's Congo, among several others.
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