Stanleyville

British  

/ ˈstænlɪˌvɪl /

noun

1. the former name (until 1966) of Kisangani

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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

From there we planned to travel by ferry all the way to Stanleyville, where Lumumba still has enormous popular support.

From Literature

I nearly swooned in the mill and flow of Stanleyville—people, cars, animals in the street, the austere gaze of windows in the tall concrete buildings.

From Literature

You can’t go to Léopoldville now, or to Stanleyville, Coquilhatville, or Elisabethville.

From Literature

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

From Literature