Bangweulu

American  

[bang-wee-oo-loo] / ˌbæŋ wiˈu lu /

noun

1. a shallow lake and swamp in NE Zambia. About 150 miles (240 km) long.

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Bangweulu British  

/ ˌbæŋwɪˈuːlʊ /

noun

1. a shallow lake in NE Zambia, discovered by David Livingstone, who died there in 1873. Area: about 9850 sq km (3800 sq miles), including swamps

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Example Sentences

Out on the Bangweulu flood plains of Zambia, where the swamps stretch all the way to the horizon in every direction, a reed basket used to be the primary fishing technology.

From New York Times

“It’s simple economics,” said Carl Huchzermeyer, a fisheries manager for African Parks, a conservation organization in Bangweulu.

From New York Times

The explorer died from malaria in a village near Lake Bangweulu in present-day Zambia.

From BBC

The encounter was captured at Bangweulu wetlands, near Kasanka, in northern Zambia for the BBC One series Africa.

From BBC

That was just a few days before his own wretched and lonely death, near the edge of the Bangweulu swamp in present-day Zambia.

From The Guardian