Bangui

American  

[bahn-gee] / bɑ̃ˈgi /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Central African Republic, in the SW part.

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Bangui British  

/ bɑ̃ɡi /

noun

1. the capital of the Central African Republic, in the south part, on the Ubangi River. Pop: 732 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The 68-year-old president concluded his campaign with a rally in a 20,000-seat stadium in Bangui, before a large and enthusiastic crowd.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Infections have spread to the capital, Bangui, after being restricted to rural areas, health minister Pierre Somse said.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

The wooden ferry was carrying more than 300 people to a funeral over the Mpoko River in the capital, Bangui, on Friday when it started to collapse, witnesses told The Associated Press on Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024

Data from Flightradar showed the plane landing in Bangui from Ouagadougou on Friday.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023

In the village of Ilduàg; in that of Bangui, with other small mission villages; and in that of Bacarra with that of Vera.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen