Ubangi

American  

[yoo-bang-gee, oo-bahng-] / yuˈbæŋ gi, uˈbɑŋ- /

noun

1. French Oubangi.  a river in W central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing W and S into the Congo (Zaire) River. 700 miles (1,125 km) long.

2. a woman of the Sara tribe in the Central African Republic whose lips are pierced and stretched around flat wooden disks.

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Ubangi British  

/ juːˈbæŋɡɪ /

noun

1. French name: Oubangui.  a river in central Africa, flowing west and south, forming the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville, into the River Congo. Length (with the Uele): 2250 km (1400 miles)

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Example Sentences

Heavy rainfall in Congo’s northern rainforest swelled the Ubangi River, a tributary of the Congo, in October and November, sending unusually high volumes of water rushing toward Kinshasa.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2020

And it feeds into the Congo and Ubangi rivers—major waterways that connect to several large centers.

From Scientific American • May 14, 2018

They learned it from Ubangi, who were the praise shouters out of the south of Africa.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2016

High above the city, in a marbled presidential residence looking out over the Ubangi River, the rebel leader and self-proclaimed president, Michel Djotodia, brushed away accounts of recent Seleka abuses and pleaded for outside aid.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2013

In one of these we take up our quarters and then go for a stroll with Captain Bertrand, the Commissaire of the District, and Dr. Rhodain, the medical officer for Ubangi.

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