Léopoldville
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Henri Lopes was born on Sept. 12, 1937, in what was then Léopoldville, later Kinshasa, the capital of what was then the Belgian Congo.
From New York Times
The crew was nervous as the plane approached Leopoldville, now Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Washington Post
The crew was nervous as the plane approached Léopoldville, now Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Seattle Times
“We are happy to have given the Congo, despite the greatest difficulties, the essential elements for the reinforcement of a country on the road to development,” Baudouin said at the ceremony in the city named after his ancestor, Léopoldville, which is now Kinshasa.
From Washington Post
No more doctor, and the Underdowns themselves had had to move to Léopoldville to give their boys a shot at proper schooling—if, said Mrs. Underdown, you could even call it that.
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