Stanleyville

/ ˈstænlɪˌvɪl /

noun

1. the former name (until 1966) of Kisangani

Example Sentences

What starts out as a screwball “Squid Game” ultimately yields a paltry payoff in the case of “Stanleyville,” a self-consciously quirky social satire that is content to coast on its waning surface weirdness.

From Los Angeles Times

In Stanleyville we quickly saw I was a liability, even more than in Bulungu.

From Literature

Over the next weeks we heard a hundred more times about the whites killed by Simbas in Stanleyville.

From Literature

“Stanleyville,” she commanded, to change the subject.

From Literature

Whenever he tried to make deals with them to fly their manioc and bananas to Stanleyville, I had personally seen them spit on his shoes.

From Literature