Luapula

[ loo-uh-poo-luh ]

noun

a river in S central Africa, flowing E and N along the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Lake Mweru. About 300 miles (485 km) long.

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The bottom is mud, though sandy at the east shore: it has no communication with the Luapula.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 | David Livingstone
Monteiro went nowhere and did nothing, but some of his attendants went over to the Luapula, some six miles distant.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 | David Livingstone
It was only water—the same as Luapula, Mofwé, and Moero; nothing to be seen.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 | David Livingstone
The land's end running south of Masantu's village is the entrance to the Luapula: the clearest eye cannot see across it there.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 | David Livingstone
A few minutes afterwards he said slowly, and evidently wandering, "Is this the Luapula?"
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 | David Livingstone

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