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Sankuru

American  
[sahng-koor-oo] / sɑŋˈkʊər u /

noun

  1. a river in S central Congo, flowing WNW to the Kasai River. 750 miles (1,207 km) long.


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A casket holding the tooth was taken around the country to allow citizens to pay their respects, including at his birthplace in Onalua village in Sankuru province.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Among the reasons: �In the Sankuru River, a motor launch carrying ballot boxes downstream struck a sandbar and sank.

From Time Magazine Archive

The valley of the Sankuru and Kasai Rivers is one of the most densely populated of all the Belgian Congo.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

Its boundary on the north is perhaps the Sankuru river.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

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