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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A lakelike expansion of the Congo River in west-central Africa on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo between Kinshasa and Brazzaville.
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In the region of Kinshasa the waters flow into the strange, lakelike Pool Malebo (formerly known as Stanley Pool).
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, are visible to one another in the distance on either side of the Stanley Pool.
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Kwango (and the longitude, more or less, of Stanley Pool).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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In 1878 Grenfell was on his way up the river -- travelling along narrow paths flanked by grass often fifteen feet high, and crossing swamps and rivers, till after thirteen attempts and in eighteen months he reached Stanley Pool, February
The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews
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A thousand miles of river lay between Stanley Pool and Stanley
The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews
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"Why not call it Stanley Pool and those cliffs Dover Cliffs?" suggested
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Then we glided on and on past strange nations and cannibals -- not past those nations which have their heads under their arms -- for 1,100 miles, until we arrived at the circular extension of the river and my last remaining companion called it the Stanley Pool, and then five months after that our journey ended.
Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Various
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River, which empties into the Kassai, a southern tributary of the Congo, eighty miles above Stanley Pool.
The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status Charles Henry 1925
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Congo, travel two days by rail to Stanley Pool, take the Lapsley or a river boat, fourteen days journey up the Congo, the Kassai, and the Sankuru to Bene Debele, on the east bank, and then on foot or by hammock, nine days, through forests and open veldt.
The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status Charles Henry 1925
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Stanley Pool has always been associated in my mind with one of the most picturesque episodes in Stanley's life.
An African Adventure Isaac Frederick Marcosson 1918
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Also variously known as Pool Malebo, Malebo Pool, and Lake Nkunda.
November 19, 2011