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Léopoldville

/ ˈlɪəpəʊldˌvɪl; leɔpɔlvil /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1966) of Kinshasa
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Other stations have since been founded, further up the river, all tributary to Leopoldville.

On the last day of the year we reach Leopoldville and are comfortably installed in the Inspector's house.

His education began at Matadi, where he waited until the river steamer was ready to start for Leopoldville.

Many native villages exist near Leopoldville, consisting of huts formed of wooden frames and thatched with grass.

The line runs along the bank all the way from Leopoldville to Coquilhatville and was very difficult to erect.

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