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Duala

[ doo-ah-lah ]

noun



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


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Example Sentences

Two days after we had stored away the mahogany we anchored off Duala, the capital of the German Cameroons.

Duala is the headquarters of the merchants and missionaries.

This is quite a pretty little place (Duala) with some jolly houses, typical German of the Schloss villa type; nice inside and out.

The eldest of these Ibn Duala, a man of sixty, is very well-mannered and amiable.

Mujuka, a station about fifty miles from Duala, was occupied by the British a few weeks later.

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