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Urundi

British  
/ ʊˈrʊndɪ /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1962) of Burundi

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The last thing they wanted was for Brussels to push through its new plan to set up elected parliaments in Ruanda and Urundi and turn the two territories into constitutional kingdoms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hoare's plan was to send a diversionary column of 100 mercenaries under Major Alastair Wicks up the road from Albertville in the south while his main assault force�160 men�stormed ashore from an "invasion fleet" composed of one ancient gunboat, the lake steamer Urundi, two barges and five patrol boats.

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Moving west to Usumbura, in the Belgian-administered trust territory of Ruanda Urundi, Graham spoke to what he said was one of the toughest groups he had ever had to handle�a noisy, restless crowd of 5,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a sense of this moral power that led the Belgians to improve conditions in their trust territory of Ruanda Urundi�before the U.N.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was originally from Urundi, a large country bordering the northeastern part of Lake Tanganika.

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