Stanley Pool

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noun

1. Congolese name: Pool Malebo.  a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)

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Stanley Pool

Across Stanley Pool chugged the river ferry Congolia No. 10.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the afternoon we cross the neck of Stanley Pool and visit Brazzaville, the capital of the French Congo.

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

The morning after I reached Stanley Pool I boarded a special car on the historic narrow-gauge railway that runs from Kinshassa to Matadi.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

So, by December 3d, 1881, the expedition was safe at Stanley Pool with the steamer "En Avant" launched in the Bay of Kintamo, beyond which were thousands of miles of navigable water.

From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler

He felt with Stanley that there could be no development of the Congo without a railway between Matadi and Stanley Pool.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick