Ruanda-Urundi

American  

[roo-ahn-duh-oo-roon-dee] / ruˈɑn də ʊˈrʊn di /

noun

1. a former territory in central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly part of German East Africa; administered by Belgium as a League of Nations mandate 1923–46 and as a United Nations trust territory 1946–62; now divided into the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi.

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Ruanda-Urundi British  

/ rʊˈændəʊˈrʊndɪ /

noun

1. a former territory of central Africa: part of German East Africa from 1890; a League of Nations mandate under Belgian administration from 1919; a United Nations trusteeship from 1946; divided into the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi in 1962

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Example Sentences

Mr. Bagaza was born on Aug. 29, 1946, in Rutovu, a town in what was then Ruanda-Urundi.

From Washington Post • May 5, 2016

Later, the Afro-Asians showed similar restraint about the rebellious Portuguese colony of Angola and about Ruanda-Urundi, the little Belgian-run territory east of the Congo that is due to get freedom next July 1.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the east lies Ruanda-Urundi, where the seven-foot Watussi live; in the south lies Katanga, the metalliferous wonderland that fronts on Rhodesia and is the site of Shinkolobwe, the world's richest uranium mine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Others came from countries that are antiquating most maps of Africa� Ruanda-Urundi, the Voltaic, Ivory Coast and Malagasy republics.

From Time Magazine Archive

In spite of all this checking up on them, the people of Ruanda-Urundi seem to thrive.

From Time Magazine Archive