Douala
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- proper noun
- I was invited to accompany the delegation from Douala to Laikom, but my hopes of seeing a grand spectacle were dashed.
Examples
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The main park entrance lies a day's journey by unpaved roads from the nearest city, Douala.
Academic text (1996) -
The Garoua man, the Yaoundé man, the Douala man, anybody in Cameroon has a right to think of it as his own.
Academic text (1990) -
Sure, Cameroon has Douala city, the land between the forest and the sea.
Fiction book (2000) -
A trader would then sell the works at Douala.
Academic text (1999) -
He makes his home in Douala.
Academic text (2009) -
Upon his return to Douala, Yamguen continued producing works for the self-portrait series he had begun in Strasbourg.
Academic text (2009) -
Max Esser acquired the four sculptures in 1896 on an exploratory trip to Cameroon along the "Bali Road" from Douala.
Academic text (1999) -
In October, Marx flew into the humid port town of Douala on the coast of Cameroon.
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The streets of Douala were ablaze with lights.
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In Douala, Marx was picked up by one of his field assistants in the group's air-conditioned Land Cruiser.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Douala comes from the name of the local people, the Duala, who lived by the coast and traded with ships, so the place took their name and is now Cameroon’s main port and business city.