Brazzaville
pronunciation
How to pronounce Brazzaville in British English:
UK [ˈbræzəvil]
How to pronounce Brazzaville in American English:
US [ˈbræzəˌvɪl, brɑzɑˈvil]
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- Noun:
- the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo
Word Origin
- Brazzaville
- capital of Republic of Congo, named for French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905), who founded it in 1883. An Italian count, his title is from the Adriatic island of Brazza, now Brač in Croatia.
Example
- 1. Among them are brazzaville , khartoum and kinshasa .
- 2. The answer is brazzaville , a titbit mr scaroni picked up five years earlier in a biography of charles de gaulle .
- 3. A government spokesman said many people remained trapped in the rubble of a church in brazzaville .
- 4. Ningbo to go to brazzaville international ticket prices .
- 5. A fire that started at an arms depot in a densely populated neighbourhood in brazzaville , the capital of the republic of congo , killed at least 200 people .