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Bulawayo

American  
[boo-luh-wey-yoh, -wah-] / ˌbu ləˈweɪ joʊ, -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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The recent wave of African writing — from NoViolet Bulawayo, Okwiri Oduor, Eloghosa Osunde and others — has been richer in large part thanks to Wainaina’s rallying call, she and others said.

From New York Times May 29, 2023

Noel Ngwenya, 44, from Chivi District of Masvingo Province spends his working days in downtown Bulawayo, the country's second largest city, with a loudhailer advertising a unique service.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2023

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

“Here’s just one example. In Bulawayo, a Gondwannan bought a goat. . . .”

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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