Élisabethville

/ ɪˈlɪzəbəθˌvɪl /

noun

1. the former name (until 1966) of Lubumbashi

Example Sentences

Elisabeth Tshala Muana Muidikay was born on March 13, 1958, in Élisabethville, in what was then the Belgian Congo; the city is now Lubumbashi, the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From New York Times

“Better beaten than eaten,” the bloodied U.N. official quipped to a group of reporters in 1961, just moments after surviving a beating by Congolese secessionists in Elisabethville.

From Washington Post

They swat it away and step into the Belgian’s meticulously polished office in Elisabethville.

From Literature

Don’t mention her and I won’t speak of your Lumumba shattered with machetes like this poor snake and thrown in pieces into an abandoned house in Elisabethville, with the blessings of my hateful homeland.

From Literature

You can’t go to Léopoldville now, or to Stanleyville, Coquilhatville, or Elisabethville.

From Literature