| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Ruanda-Urundi |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ru·an·da-U·run·di |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -än d - -rnd |
| A former colonial possession of central Africa. Once a part of German East Africa, the territory was occupied (1919) by Belgian troops during World War I and became (1961) a Belgian League of Nations mandate under the name Ruanda-Urundi. When independence was achieved in 1962, the region split into the present-day countries of Rwanda and Burundi.
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