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Kindu

American  
[kin-doo] / ˈkɪn du /

noun

  1. a town in E Zaire, on the Lualaba River.


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His hometown, Kindu, is near the Tanzanian border.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2011

Ongala was born in Kindu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the hardships of his early life had a profound effect on his later songwriting.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2011

Such was the nightmare ordeal of 24 Europeans held prisoner by Communist-backed rebels in the Congolese town of Kindu, as recounted by a Belgian tin-mine employee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Loading their equipment aboard an ancient river steamboat, two commando units pulled out of their staging area at Kindu, crossed the Lualaba River, and, in 35 U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Early in the morning I boarded what looked to me like a toy train, for it was tinier than any I had ever seen before, and started for Kindu.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick