Definitions
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- proper noun A large city in
Angola .
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- noun a city in the mountains in western Angola
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Examples
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Government soldiers despatched to relieve Huambo from the National
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The World Food Program said Wednesday that 20 percent of children in Huambo's provincial capital, also called Huambo, are suffering from malnutrition.
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UNITA then launched an offensive to seize some central highland towns under government control, namely Huambo and Kuito.
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South African officials said on Friday their intelligence reports indicated Savimbi had left his central highlands bastion of Huambo, which is now in government hands, for his old wartime headquarters at Jamba in Angola's remote southeast.
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Government military spokesman Brigadier Joao Jose Manuel "Jota" said that no civilians have been killed in the government offensive against Huambo, which is the country's second city, state radio reported.
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Huambo, which is protected by belts of minefields.
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Canavale, southeast Angola, which occupies a geographically-strategic position on the route leading to major cities such as Huambo and
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In some regions, such as Huambo and Cuanza-Sul province, the WFP has suspended food aid distribution as agricultural production has increased.
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UNITA is in the weaker position after a government offensive in recent weeks overran rebel strongholds such as Huambo, the central city where UNITA had its headquarters.
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UNITA is in the weaker position after a government offensive in recent weeks overran rebel strongholds such as Huambo, the central city where UNITA had its headquarters.
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