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

"Why not call it Stanley Pool and those cliffs Dover Cliffs?" suggested Frank Pocock.

From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)

The Upper Congo starts at Stanley Pool, and as far as Stanley Falls—a distance of over one thousand miles—has a navigable current.

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

In 1895 she became the wife of Rev. S. C. Gordon, who was connected with the English Baptist Mission at Stanley Pool.

From Women of Achievement Written for the Fireside Schools by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith

Leaving the beach we ride through avenues of palms and mango trees to higher ground, whence a beautiful view can be obtained of Stanley Pool.

From A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State by Dorman, Marcus Roberts Phipps