Luapula

[ loo-uh-poo-luh ]

noun

1. a river in S central Africa, flowing E and N along the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Lake Mweru. About 300 miles (485 km) long.

Example Sentences

“I just sit in the house thinking what I will eat because I have no money to buy food,” said Marvis Kunda, a blind 70-year-old widow in Zambia’s Luapula province whose welfare payments were recently slashed.

From Washington Times

After circumnavigating the lake I thought it a pity to leave the district without seeing Chitambo, so I trudged around the south of Bangweolo to the spot, crossing the Luapula about ten miles below Katapa, at a place called Kafufwe, where Glave crossed.

From Scientific American

He asked a few wandering questions about the country—especially about the Luapula.

From Project Gutenberg

His last words, which are not recorded, were about Chilanebo's village, in Ilala, and the neighboring country, and especially about the Luapula.

From Project Gutenberg

The British half, lying east of the Luapula, forms part of Rhodesia, and the chief town in it is called Kazembe.

From Project Gutenberg