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Huambo

[ Portuguese wahm-baw ]

noun

  1. a city in central Angola.


Huambo

/ ˈwambu /

noun

  1. a town in central Angola: designated at one time by the Portuguese as the future capital of the country. Pop: 756 000 (2005 est) Former name (1928–73)Nova Lisboa
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

His family lived in Huambo, the third biggest city, and elsewhere in the country.

From BBC

While visiting the latter country, Prince William's younger brother was on site for the reopening of the Huambo Orthopedic Centre after it was named in his mother's honor.

His family’s livelihood in Huambo — herding cattle — has become almost impossible.

“Later today I will visit Huambo, to see the place where my mother walked through a minefield in 1997,” he continued.

Harry was also due to visit the former minefield in Huambo, central Angola, where his mother had walked.

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