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Elisabethville

Elisabethville proper noun: former name of Lubumbashi (“city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”).

Proper noun

Elisabethville

  1. Former name of Lubumbashi (“city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”).

Forms of Elisabethville

alternative formElizabethville

Origin of Elisabethville

Named by the Belgians in honour of their queen Elisabeth, wife to king Albert I.

Questions about Elisabethville

What does Elisabethville mean?
Elisabethville means former name of Lubumbashi (“city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”).
What part of speech is Elisabethville?
Elisabethville is a proper noun.

Words near Elisabethville in the dictionary

  1. Elis
  2. ELISA
  3. Elisabeth
  4. Elisabetha
  5. Elisabethpol
  6. Elisabethville
  7. ELISAs
  8. Elise
  9. Elisha
  10. Elishah
  11. Elisheba

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