Costermansville

/ ˈkɒstəmənzˌvɪl /

noun

1. the former name (until 1966) of Bukavu

Example Sentences

We landed at a very fine airstrip at the town of Costermansville situated on Lake Kivu...The lake is one of the most beautiful that I have ever seen...It is certainly much more beautiful than Lago di Como and I am quite sure that it contains less dead bodies, of human beings at any rate.

From Time Magazine Archive

In six years the Negro population of Elisabethville has jumped from 40,000 to 120,000, Costermansville from 7,000 to 25,000, Stanleyville from 25,000 to 48,000.

From Time Magazine Archive