Lubumbashi
[ loo-boom-bah-shee ]
/ lʊˈbʊm bɑ ʃi /
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noun
a city in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Formerly E·lis·a·beth·ville [ih-liz-uh-buhth-vil] /ɪˈlɪz ə bəθˌvɪl/ .
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Lubumbashi
/ (ˌluːbʊmˈbæʃɪ) /
noun
a city in the S Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): founded in 1910 as a copper-mining centre; university (1955). Pop: 1 102 000 (2005 est)Former name (until 1966): Elisabethville
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