Léopoldville
Britishnoun
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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 ● Dec. 1, 2023
The crew was nervous as the plane approached Léopoldville, now Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
A swelling music scene in the colonial capital, Léopoldville, catering for a rising African middle class, was one result.
From Economist ● Apr. 28, 2016
Wemba was born Jules Shungu Webadio in what was then Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo, and he was influenced by music in his childhood.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2016
You can’t go to Léopoldville now, or to Stanleyville, Coquilhatville, or Elisabethville.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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