KANANGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kananga mean? 

• KANANGA (noun)
  The noun KANANGA has 1 sense:

1. a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg

  Familiarity information: KANANGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KANANGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Kananga; Luluabourg

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Kananga" is a part of...):

Belgian Congo; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zaire (a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960)