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Definition of Luluabourg

1. Noun. A city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Luluabourg

Literary usage of Luluabourg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He was ordained priest 20 November, 1887, arrived in the Congo in 1888, at Luluabourg in 1891, and in 1904 was placed at the head of the newly created ..."

2. King Leopold's Rule in Africa by Edmund Dene Morel (1905)
"Morrison makes report of Chinyama massacre to State officer at Luluabourg, demanding immediate recall of Zappo-Zaps. (Reports also to Congo State Government ..."

3. The Congo State: Or, The Growth of Civilisation in Central Africa by Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger (1898)
"Nearly all the surviving mutineers of Luluabourg were killed or taken prisoners ; and the ... In this manner was the Luluabourg mutiny finally wiped out. ..."

4. Asian Review by East India Association (London, England) (1901)
"(The leader said that these hands were to be taken back to the Chef de Zone at Luluabourg.) He saw other bodies mutilated. The Zappo- Zaps had sixty women ..."

5. Pioneering in Central Africa by Samuel Phillips Verner (1903)
"The State post having jurisdiction over our immediate local territory was at Luluabourg, a settlement at the ancient town of Malange, about seventy-five ..."

6. The Story of the Congo Free State: Social, Political, and Economic Aspects by Henry Wellington Wack (1905)
"246 Zappo-Zapp Musicians, Luluabourg .... 250 Band of Government Technical School, ... 314 The Mission, Moanda 320 Missionary Necropolis, Luluabourg . ..."

7. The Congo Slave State: A Protest Against the New African Slavery; and an by Edmund Dene Morel (1903)
"... Bodyguard," were brought into the Kasai district, at Luluabourg. ... sacked Luluabourg, and killed the Belgian officers in command. ..."

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