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Lubumbashi

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Lu·bum·ba·shi  (lbm-bäsh) Formerly E·lis·a·beth·ville (-lz-bth-vl)
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.
Lubumbashi [ˌluːbʊmˈbæʃɪ]
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(Placename) a city in the S Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): founded in 1910 as a copper-mining centre; university (1955). Pop.: 851 381 (1994 est.) Former name (until 1966) Elisabethville
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Noun1.Lubumbashi - a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville
Elisabethville
Belgian Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire - a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
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