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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A country of east-central Africa with a coastline on Lake Tanganyika. It was inhabited originally by the Twa, a Pygmy people, and later also by Hutus and Tutsis, the latter gaining political and economic dominance in the 19th century. The area formed part of German East Africa and later of Belgian-ruled Ruanda-Urundi before it became an independent kingdom in 1962 and was declared a republic in 1966. In the 1970s and again in the 1990s tens of thousands of people were killed in ethnic clashes between Hutus and Tutsis. Bujumbura is the capital and the largest city.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Burundi.
  • adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Burundian people.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A country in Eastern Africa. Official name: Republic of Burundi.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Burundi or its people
  • noun a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika

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