Examples of 'léopoldville' in a sentence
Meaning of "léopoldville"
Léopoldville was the former name of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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I played war in the streets of Léopoldville.
Europeans fled from Léopoldville where the mutiny started.
The city was formerly known as Léopoldville.
The insurrection spread to Léopoldville the next day and later to garrisons across the country.
The moderate deputies of the provincial assembly fled to Léopoldville.
Soldiers on Léopoldville jumped down onto the smaller Brilliant.
Almost all of those working for the central government in Léopoldville left.
The CIA station in Léopoldville bore much of the responsibility for the rupture.
Three days later he fled Léopoldville.
The capital Léopoldville was renamed Kinshasa, after an ancient village on the same site.
All colonial policies were decided in Brussels and Léopoldville.
The tournament was held in Léopoldville, Congo Léopoldville.
He was moved to Port Francqui the next day and flown back to Léopoldville.
In addition, cities were renamed appropriately Léopoldville as Kinshasa and Stanleyville as Kisangani.
He served as the secretary of a Protestant Tetela association in Léopoldville.
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The city's former name is Léopoldville named in honor of King Leopold of Belgium.
They arrested Lumumba and returned him to Léopoldville.
Mobutu stowed away aboard a boat to Léopoldville in 1949, where he met a girl.
The invasion failed, but Gizenga refused to return to Léopoldville.
Léopoldville itself was named for Leopold II of Belgium upon its founding in 1881.
He represented the party 's rural membership and its Léopoldville constituents.
In 1966, Léopoldville was renamed Kinshasa for a village named Kinchassa that once stood near the site.
When he was one year old, he came to Léopoldville now Kinshasa.
By November, Gizenga once again posed a significant political and military threat to the Léopoldville administration.
A Belgian court case unexpectedly connected him to a Léopoldville bankruptcy dating back to 1956.
The chemin de fer Matadi - Léopoldville.
A delegation of around 400 Luba tribal elders sent to Léopoldville to protest were also briefly arrested.
In December 1961, Kalonji was arrested on a legal pretext in Léopoldville and imprisoned.
In 1959, 2nd Commando Battalion was moved to Léopoldville to maintain order during the riots.
On 4 January 1959, a prohibited political demonstration organised in Léopoldville by ABAKO got out of hand.
In 1966, its name was changed from the Archdiocese of Léopoldville to the Archdiocese of Kinshasa.
