Ujiji

/ (uːˈdʒiːdʒɪ) /

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noun

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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Words nearby Ujiji

Uisnech, UIT, uitlander, uitwaaien, ujamaa village, Ujiji, Ujjain, Ujpest, Ujung Pandang, U.K., UKAEA

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How to use Ujiji in a sentence

But by the 29th of July all the sick had recovered, and the caravan was loaded up for Ujiji.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa|Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson
It was plain that it was useless to open the direct road to Ujiji, which lay through Mirambo's district.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa|Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson
Was he, indeed, so near this great inland sea, of which Ujiji was the chief harbor?
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa|Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson
We had awakened Ujiji to the fact that a caravan was coming, and the people were witnessed running up in hundreds to meet us.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa|Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson

At length, in the latter part of May, he reached Ujiji, where he formerly found Livingstone.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa|Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson