Ruwenzori

American  

[roo-wuhn-zawr-ee, -zohr-ee] / ˌru wənˈzɔr i, -ˈzoʊr i /

noun

1. a mountain group in central Africa between Lake Albert and Lake Edward: sometimes identified with Ptolemy's “Mountains of the Moon.” Highest peak, Mt. Ngaliema (Stanley), with two summits: Mt. Margherita, 16,795 feet (5,119 meters), and Mt. Alexandra, 16,726 feet (5,098 meters).

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Ruwenzori British  

/ ˌruːwɛnˈzɔːrɪ /

noun

1. a mountain range in central Africa, on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) between Lakes Edward and Albert: generally thought to be Ptolemy's "Mountains of the Moon". Highest peak: Mount Stanley, 5109 m (16 763 ft)

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Example Sentences

It predicted glacier ice covers on the Ruwenzori Mountains and Mount Kenya would be gone by 2030 and that Mount Kilimanjaro would lose its around 2040.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2022

Formed in 1996 by a puritanical Muslim sect in the Ruwenzori mountains of western Uganda, the group recently established links with Somalia's al-Shabab militants, according to the UN.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2014

ADF, which claims links to al Qaeda, operated in the 1990s from bases in the Ruwenzori Mountains and across the frontier in the eastern Congo jungle.

From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2013

This book’s title refers to the nickname of the Ruwenzori Mountains in central Africa, where Louise ultimately travels to pay off a troubling psychic debt.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2012

In 1893-1894 Scott Elliot reached Ruwenzori by way of Uganda, returning by Tanganyika and Nyasa, and in 1896 C. W. Hobley made the circuit of the great mountain Elgon, north-east of Victoria Nyanza.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg