Duala

[ doo-ah-lah ]

noun

1. Douala.

Duala

/ -lɑː; dʊˈɑːlə /

noun

1. -la-las a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in Cameroon
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

Example Sentences

Its “Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa” hook — which means “I dance” in the Duala language — was sampled by pop stars including Michael Jackson and Rihanna.

From Washington Post

Rudolf Douala Manga Bell was a Duala king in Cameroon who, alongside his wife Emily, resisted land grabs by white colonisers.

From BBC

At the crowded Duala market in the city center, food seller Mary Kolubah says business has slowed.

From BusinessWeek

In Duala, a market area in Liberia, an exorcism was performed on an Ebola patient.

From Time

Duala, the capital, was occupied on 27th Sept., but it was only after desultory fighting for a year and a half that the Germans, realizing the hopelessness of further resistance, left the colony to its fate by retreating into the neighbouring Spanish territory of Rio Muni.

From Project Gutenberg