Lubumbashi
Speech parts
1. Lubumbashi - Noun
2. Lubumbashi - Proper noun
Meaning
a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville
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Examples
A bloody intervention of the Zaïrian Army against students on the Lubumbashi University Campus in May 1990 precipitated a break in diplomatic relations between Belgium and Zaïre.
In 2005, new television broadcasts by Radio Mwangaza began in Lubumbashi.
Lubumbashi International Airport in the country's south-east is also serviced by several international airlines.
On 17 January 1961 Mobutu sent Lumumba to Élisabethville (now Lubumbashi ), capital of Katanga.
Other authorities consider Comorian to be a Sabaki language, distinct from Swahili. citation Historically recent varieties * Shaba Swahili (Katanga Swahili, Lubumbashi Swahili) is sometimes called Copperbelt Swahili.
Radio-Télévision Nationale Congolaise (RTNC) has a transmitter in Lubumbashi that re-transmits the signal from Kinshasa.