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Luluabourg

Luluabourg

9.9
Former name of the city Kananga until 1966 in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • proper noun
: Luluabourg
  • One encounters traces of settlements of Bimbadi traders in and around Kananga (formerly Luluabourg), the provincial capital, and the town of Ndemba.

Examples

  • Many residents remember Luluabourg as the name of their hometown before it was renamed Kananga.

  • Historically, Luluabourg served as an important trading hub in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  • The city now known as Kananga was once called Luluabourg until1966.

Surface Forms

Luluabourg main

Etymology

Luluabourg comes from the local name Lulua, for a river or people, and the French -bourg, which means 'town'. So Luluabourg was the 'town of the Lulua' and is the old name of the city now called Kananga until 1966.