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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Burundi, in the western part of the country on Lake Tanganyika. Originally called Usumbura, it was renamed when Burundi became independent in 1962.
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- proper noun The capital and largest city of
Burundi , in the western part of the country on Lake Tanganyika; originally called Usumbura, it was renamed when Burundi became independent in 1962.
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- noun the capital and largest city of Burundi
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Examples
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BUJUMBURA - Up to 40 people were killed in clashes between members of the majority Hutu and minority Tutsi tribes in a suburb of the Burundian capital Bujumbura, state radio said.
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BUJUMBURA - Up to 40 people were killed in clashes between members of the majority Hutu and minority Tutsi tribes in a suburb of the Burundian capital Bujumbura, state radio said.
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Ngabanda Nzambo, Mobutu's special security adviser, also warned that Zairian troops might retaliate against Burundi for its alleged help to the Tutsi rebels in eastern Zaire by shelling Bujumbura, which is across Lake Tanganyika from the Zairian town of Uvira.
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Bujumbura which is expected to take place Saturday.
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BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 3 -- I just arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo via an amazing -- albeit a little bumpy -- drive through Rwanda, after arriving in Bujumbura, Burundi yesterday.
Matt Petersen: Arriving in the Congo to Celebrate the #CityofJoy Matt Petersen 2011
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BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 3 -- I just arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo via an amazing -- albeit a little bumpy -- drive through Rwanda, after arriving in Bujumbura, Burundi yesterday.
Matt Petersen: Arriving in the Congo to Celebrate the #CityofJoy Matt Petersen 2011
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To the west, the hills above Bujumbura were burning.
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On the outskirts of the capital, Bujumbura, there is a small international airport.
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Plumes of smoke were also rising from the ground of what he took to be Rwanda-if anything, more smoke than around Bujumbura.
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The grenade attacks – there were three in the capital, Bujumbura, on Sunday night – have claimed at least eight lives since the district polls, with dozens of people injured.
Burundi slow to cast verdict on Pierre Nkurunziza in vote-turned-referendum 2010
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