Élisabethville

British

/ ɪˈlɪzəbəθˌvɪl /

noun

the former name (until 1966) of Lubumbashi

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Elisabeth Tshala Muana Muidikay was born on March 13, 1958, in Élisabethville, in what was then the Belgian Congo; the city is now Lubumbashi, the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022

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