Brazzaville

[ braz-uh-vil, brah-zuh-; French bra-za-veel ]

noun
  1. a port in and the capital of the People's Republic of the Congo, in the S part, on the Congo (Zaire) River: former capital of French Equatorial Africa.

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Brazzaville

/ (French brazavil) /


noun
  1. the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, in the south on the River Congo. Pop: 1 153 000 (2005 est)

Origin of Brazzaville

1
C19: named after Pierre de Brazza (1852–1905), French explorer

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