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Urundi

British  
/ ʊˈrʊndɪ /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1962) of Burundi

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The last thing they wanted was for Brussels to push through its new plan to set up elected parliaments in Ruanda and Urundi and turn the two territories into constitutional kingdoms.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has seen Mwezi, the great King of Urundi, and describes him as a man about forty years old, and as a very good man.

From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley

Direct north of Urundi is Ruanda; also a very large country.

From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley

By Speke's map Urundi is in about 3 degrees south latitude.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

The new provinces of Ruanda and Urundi will contribute much to our future prosperity.

From An African Adventure by Isaac Frederick Marcosson

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