Ubangi

American  

[yoo-bang-gee, oo-bahng-] / yuˈbæŋ gi, uˈbɑŋ- /

noun

1. French Oubangi.  a river in W central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing W and S into the Congo (Zaire) River. 700 miles (1,125 km) long.

2. a woman of the Sara tribe in the Central African Republic whose lips are pierced and stretched around flat wooden disks.

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Ubangi British  

/ juːˈbæŋɡɪ /

noun

1. French name: Oubangui.  a river in central Africa, flowing west and south, forming the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville, into the River Congo. Length (with the Uele): 2250 km (1400 miles)

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Example Sentences

Heavy rainfall in Congo’s northern rainforest swelled the Ubangi River, a tributary of the Congo, in October and November, sending unusually high volumes of water rushing toward Kinshasa.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2020

And it feeds into the Congo and Ubangi rivers—major waterways that connect to several large centers.

From Scientific American • May 14, 2018

They learned it from Ubangi, who were the praise shouters out of the south of Africa.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2016

High above the city, in a marbled presidential residence looking out over the Ubangi River, the rebel leader and self-proclaimed president, Michel Djotodia, brushed away accounts of recent Seleka abuses and pleaded for outside aid.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2013

In addition to the northern banks of the Mbomu and Ubangi, 330 m. of the north shore of the Congo itself are in the French protectorate as well as numerous subsidiary streams.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various