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Bulawayo

American  
[boo-luh-wey-yoh, -wah-] / ˌbu ləˈweɪ yoʊ, -ˈwɑ- /

noun

  1. a city in SW Zimbabwe: mining center.


Bulawayo British  
/ ˌbʊləˈweɪəʊ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Zimbabwe founded (1893) on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king; the country's main industrial centre. Pop: 693 000 (2005 est)

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Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by an innings in 1995 in Harare and repeated the feat against Bangladesh six years later in Bulawayo.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

In a region of relatively high rainfall near present-day Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, the people of Leopard’s Kopje developed a complex mixed economy of livestock-keeping and herding and agriculture.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Or perhaps, as the author NoViolet Bulawayo writes, we need new names.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Two shortlisted books are told from the perspective of animals: anthropomorphic fable “Glory” by Zimbabwe’s NoViolet Bulawayo and British writer Laline Paull’s deep-sea dolphin drama “Pod.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023

The market was encircled with idling buses and long lines of people waiting to go to Harare or Bulawayo, or to other countries like Mozambique, Botswana, or South Africa.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda