Brazzaville

[ braz-uh-vil, brah-zuh-; French bra-za-veel ]

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noun

a port in and the capital of the People's Republic of the Congo, in the S part, on the Congo (Zaire) River: former capital of French Equatorial Africa.

Brazzaville

/ brazavil /

the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, in the south on the River Congo. Pop: 1 153 000 (2005 est)

C19: named after Pierre de Brazza (1852–1905), French explorer

“I thought his response on AIDS were not the best,” said Abdul-Karim Sango of Congo-Brazzaville.

Another route surveyed for a railway is that from Loango to Brazzaville.

He has a house at Brazzaville built of mahogany, and a grand piano, and his own ice-plant.

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