Stanley Falls

American  

plural noun

1. seven cataracts of the Zaire (Congo) River, in the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the equator.

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Stanley Falls British  

plural noun

1. the former name of Boyoma Falls

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Example Sentences

"Like an empty Huntley and Palmer biscuit tin" was his description of boats like the Roi des Belges, the double-decked stern-wheeler that he sailed up to Stanley Falls.

From Time Magazine Archive

It took the expedition three weeks to descend Stanley Falls, and more than a month, much of it spent carrying the boats, to get through and around Livingstone Falls.

From Time Magazine Archive

Near Stanleyville the "Seven Cataracts of the Congo" or "Stanley Falls" halted the royal steamer, and King & Queen were obliged to motor around the Cataracts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Simon, the commandant of the Station kindly lends me a house and also arranges to allow the Delivrance to take me up to Stanley Falls as soon as her cargo has been discharged.

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

As Kanga’s tribe was the Wasongora-Meno on the right bank of the Lualaba, between Nyangwé and Stanley Falls, the mere mention of a tale from that region was sufficient to kindle my interest.

From My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)