Ovimbundu

[ oh-vim-boon-doo ]

noun

, plural O·vim·bun·dus (especially collectively) O·vim·bun·du.

1. Mbundu ( def 1 ).

Example Sentences

With Cuban aid, Angolan forces last week pushed an offensive into the heartland of Savimbi's Ovimbundu tribesmen.

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Supported by the Ovimbundu tribe, which makes up about 40% of Angola's population of 6.2 million, Savimbi's forces now control a third of the country.

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Leader Agostinho Neto to accept a power-sharing agreement with Savimbi, who is solidly backed by the Ovimbundu, Angola's largest tribal group.

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Rallying to his cause, the Ovimbundu have set up underground cells throughout southern Angola.

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One faction, led by Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Premier Aleksei Kosygin, has argued that the M.P.L.A. will have a hard task subduing UNITA, which has the support of some 2 million Ovimbundu, the country's largest tribe.

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