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Stanley Falls

American  

plural noun

  1. seven cataracts of the Zaire (Congo) River, in the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the equator.


Stanley Falls British  

plural noun

  1. the former name of Boyoma Falls

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Near Stanleyville the "Seven Cataracts of the Congo" or "Stanley Falls" halted the royal steamer, and King & Queen were obliged to motor around the Cataracts.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Like an empty Huntley and Palmer biscuit tin" was his description of boats like the Roi des Belges, the double-decked stern-wheeler that he sailed up to Stanley Falls.

From Time Magazine Archive

It took the expedition three weeks to descend Stanley Falls, and more than a month, much of it spent carrying the boats, to get through and around Livingstone Falls.

From Time Magazine Archive

After spending a pleasant week at Ibembo, I prepare to descend the river to Bumba and then to ascend the Congo to Stanley Falls.

From A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State by Dorman, Marcus Roberts Phipps

And good hunting they had after they had passed the Stanley Falls and were in the game country, stretching for hundreds of miles to the Zambesi.

From In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa by Glanville, Ernest