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- proper noun A former colony of Portugal and country in Africa, now forming the
Cabinda province ofAngola .
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Will this lead the Paris-based leadership of the "Republic of Cabinda" who seek to create an independent state in the Angolan exclave of Cabinda once known as the Portuguese Congo wedged in between Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa?
Derek Flood: Territorial Triumph and Geopolitical Pitfalls in South Sudan Derek Flood 2011
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Will this lead the Paris-based leadership of the "Republic of Cabinda" who seek to create an independent state in the Angolan exclave of Cabinda once known as the Portuguese Congo wedged in between Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa?
Derek Flood: Territorial Triumph and Geopolitical Pitfalls in South Sudan Derek Flood 2011
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It was bounded on the north by the Vicariate of Belgian Congo (district of the Equateur); on the east by the same vicariate (territory of the Katanga Company); on the south by Portuguese Congo; on the west by the Lubue river.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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French Congo and of Portuguese Congo (Loanda excepted).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Portuguese Congo, the Methodists have nine missions.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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It has managed, however, to linger on in Portuguese Congo to our days.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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In 1872 he founded a permanent post at Landana, which has become the headquarters of the Lower Congo, or Portuguese Congo, Mission.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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French and Portuguese Congo On 20 May, 1716, Clement XI created the episcopal see of Santa Cruz do Reino de Angola.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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