Lunda

noun

Lun·​da

ˈlündə,

ˈlu̇n-

plural Lunda or Lundas

1

a(1)

: a Bantu-speaking people along the border between Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo

(2)

: any of the affiliates of the historical Lunda Empire (as the peoples of Balovale District in Northern Rhodesia)

b

: a member of one of the Lunda peoples

2

: one of the Bantu languages of the Lunda peoples

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