Luanda

See also: Lú'āndá

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈændə/, /luˈɑːndə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Luanda

1. The capital city of Angola.

   Former spelling: Loanda

   1. (metonymic) The Angolan government.
2. A market town in Kenya.

Translations

capital city of Angola

• Afrikaans: Luanda
• Arabic: لُوَنْدَة (luwandah)
• Belarusian: Луа́нда f (Luánda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧安達 / 卢安达 (zh) (Lú'āndá), 羅安達 / 罗安达 (zh) (Luó'āndá)

• Czech: Luanda (cs) f
• Dutch: Luanda (nl) n
• Esperanto: Luando (eo)
• German: Luanda (de) n
• Japanese: ルアンダ (ja) (Ruanda)
• Korean: 루안다 (Ruanda)
• Marathi: लुआंडा (luāṇḍā)
• Polish: Luanda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Luanda (pt) f
• Russian: Луа́нда (ru) f (Luánda)
• Spanish: Luanda (es) f
• Ukrainian: Луа́нда f (Luánda)

Anagrams

• Landau, landau

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Luanda

1. Luanda (the capital city of Angola)

Derived terms

• Luandees

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluanda]

Proper noun

Luanda f (relational adjective luandský)

1. Luanda (the capital city of Angola)

Declension

Declension of Luanda (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Luanda
genitive	Luandy
dative	Luandě
accusative	Luandu
vocative	Luando
locative	Luandě
instrumental	Luandou

Further reading

• “Luanda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Luanda n (proper noun, genitive Luandas or (optionally with an article) Luanda)

1. Luanda (the capital city of Angola)

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈan.da/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Lu‧an‧da

Proper noun

Luanda f

1. Luanda (the capital city of Angola)

Declension

Declension of Luanda

	singular
nominative	Luanda
genitive	Luandy
dative	Luandzie
accusative	Luandę
instrumental	Luandą
locative	Luandzie
vocative	Luando

Further reading

• “Luanda”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Luanda

Alternative forms

• Loanda (obsolete)

Etymology

From Bantu.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /luˈɐ̃.dɐ/ [lʊˈɐ̃.dɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwɐ̃.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /luˈɐ̃.dɐ/ [lʊˈɐ̃.dɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwɐ̃.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /luˈɐ̃.da/ [lʊˈɐ̃.da], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwɐ̃.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlwɐ̃.dɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
• Hyphenation: Lu‧an‧da

Proper noun

Luanda f

1. Luanda (the capital city of Angola)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luanda/, [ˈluanda]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: Lu‧an‧da

Proper noun

Luanda f (genitive singular Luandy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Luanda (the capital of Angola)

References

• “Luanda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlwanda/ [ˈlwãn̪.d̪a], /luˈanda/ [luˈãn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Luan‧da, Lu‧an‧da

Proper noun

Luanda ?

1. Luanda (the capital city of Angola)