Bujumbura
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- proper noun
- Bahati Djumaine was born in Bujumbura, which is known for its vibrant culture.
- Bujumbura, Burundi
- Bujumbura, the capital
Examples
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Bujumbura, Burundi.
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I got a boat to take us to Bujumbura, the largest city in Burundi.
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I got a boat to take us to Bujumbura.
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Here, the bodies of victims of armed raiders are lined up for identification on Sept. 19, 2011, in the capital city of Bujumbura.
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I was born in 1964 in Ruziba, a rural province of Burundi, thirteen kilometers from Bujumbura, along Lake Tanganyika.
Academic text (2010) -
All the means were aimed at the objective of the total annihilation of this population considered in opposition to the regimes in place in Kigali and Bujumbura.
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As for those pesky, pernicious and putrid poachers, Max and Thor, they awaited their fate in the Bujumbura jail.
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Burundian Hutu rebels have caused insecurity for the Bujumbura government because of their repeated incursions from inside Congolese territory into Burundi.
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It still to this day leaves a very, very bad taste in my mouth that the United States of America could have 350 Marines sitting at Bujumbura Airport, that the French were able to get in 500 or so paratroopers, and that the Belgians had over 1,000 paratroopers.
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You can see the beautiful scenery of Lake Tanganyika from Bujumbura.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bujumbura comes from the local Kirundi language; the start bu- means 'place', and the city was once spelled Usumbura during colonial times. So the name simply marks this place on the shore of Lake Tanganyika.