Stanley Pool

British  

noun

1. Congolese name: Pool Malebo.  a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Across Stanley Pool chugged the river ferry Congolia No. 10.

From Time Magazine Archive

From this point down to Stanley Pool the river is deep and the current is swift.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

Thus the high-sounding Compagnie Industrielle pour les Transports et Commerce au Stanley Pool is mercifully shaved to "Citas."

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

Higher up the river, we find Leopoldville, on Stanley Pool, the principal station amongst the many that dot the river along this part of its course.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

So, by December 3d, 1881, the expedition was safe at Stanley Pool with the steamer "En Avant" launched in the Bay of Kintamo, beyond which were thousands of miles of navigable water.

From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler