NOUN
- the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville
How To Use Leopoldville In A Sentence
- Tragically, on Christmas Eve, as elements of the division crossed the English Channel on board the troop ship Leopoldville, a German submarine torpedoed the ship.
- Municipal elections in Leopoldville (Kinshasa); Elizabethville (Lubumbashi); and Jadotville (Likasi) gave a vast majority to the Nationalist Alliance de Bakongo (ABAKO), which demanded immediate independence. 1957, Dec
- Stowing away on a tramper bound for Leopoldville as was, he evaded the attentions of a colonial government ill disposed towards stray white missionaries, and attached himself to a remote community of friars dedicated to bringing the One True Faith to the two hundred-odd tribes of the Eastern Congo, an ambitious commitment at any time. The mission song
- When the two harassed leaders took off from Luluabourg and headed for Stanleyville, they never made it: a Belgian crew member overheard Lumumba say he wanted to break off diplomatic relations with Belgium, and the Belgian pilot turned the plane toward Leopoldville, where Ndjili Airport was in the hands of Belgian paratroops. TIME.com: Top Stories
- Unfortunately, what were major concessions in Brussels were already too little, too late in Léopoldville, Luluabourg, and Stanleyville. Archive 2004-11-01
