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Mbun·du

(əm-bo͝on′do͞o)

n. pl. Mbundu or Mbun·dus

1. A member of a Bantu people inhabiting southern and central Angola. Also called Ovimbundu.

2. The Bantu language of this people. Also called Umbundu.

3. A member of a Bantu people inhabiting northern Angola. Also called Ndongo.

4. The Bantu language of this people. Also called Kimbundu.

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Mbun•du

(ˈbʊn du, əmˈbʊn-)

n., pl. -dus, (esp. collectively) -du.

a. a member of an African people or group of peoples of N Angola.

b. the Bantu language of the Mbundu.

2. Ovimbundu.

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Mbundu - an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola

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