Umtali
Britishnoun
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Umtali, a small town in Southern Rhodesia, became a miniature Detroit as two big British auto companies moved in.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took off immediately for the Rhodesian border town of Umtali, where the annual congress of his Rhodesian Front Party was under way.
From Time Magazine Archive
Government security forces unearthed other buried weapons and military equipment near Gwelo in central Zimbabwe and Umtali in the east.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Umtali, Southern Rhodesia, caddies at the Hillside Golf Club demanded an increase in their fees after two lions were seen near the clubhouse and a lioness padded down the sixth fairway.
From Time Magazine Archive
Farther south at Inyanga there is less strong defense, and at Umtali there are no fortifications, showing that builders feared invasion from the north.
From The Negro by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
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