Lubumbashi. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Lubumbashi

SYLLABICATION:	Lu·bum·ba·shi
PRONUNCIATION:	lbm-bäsh
VARIANTS:	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: 564,830.


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