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lubumbashi

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Lu⋅bum⋅ba⋅shi

[loo-boom-bah-shee]
–noun
a city in the S Democratic Republic of the Congo. 451,332.
Formerly, Elisabethville.

Sha⋅ba

[shah-buh]
–noun
a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 3,072,591; 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
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Lu·bum·ba·shi   (lŏŏ'bŏŏm-bä'shē)   
A city of southeast Congo (formerly Zaire) near the Zambia border. Founded in 1910, it was the center of a secessionist state during the 1960-1963 civil war. Population: 1,280,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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