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.

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

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

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

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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.

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