Ujiji

British  

/ uːˈdʒiːdʒɪ /

noun

1. a town in W Tanzania, on Lake Tanganyika: a former slave and ivory centre; the place where Stanley found Livingstone in 1871. It merged with the neighbouring town of Kigoma to form Kigoma-Ujiji in the 1960s

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Example Sentences

Glenn, on leave from the board chairmanship of Royal Crown International, retraced Henry Stanley's 1,000-mile trek, from Bagamoyo to Ujiji, in what is now Tanzania.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pressing on, Stanley unfurled the Stars & Stripes, fired a volley from his muskets, and swooped down on Ujiji dressed impeccably in a freshly chalked sun helmet, a new flannel suit and waxed Wellington boots.

From Time Magazine Archive

After 232 days of trekking, a passing caravan reported the presence of an old white man in the nearby village of Ujiji: it could only be Livingstone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then Lake Tanganika is only another name for Lake Liemba, for Ujiji is on Lake Tanganika, and Usowa is only a few days south of Ujiji.

From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)

Near by, at Tabora, the chief Arabian town of central Africa, Stanley was surprised to find the Arabs at war with a savage chief, Mirambo, thus barring the usually travelled road to Ujiji.

From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.