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  • noun the capital and largest city of Burundi

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Examples

  • Had we continued along the eastern shore, and so round the northern side of the lake, we should have passed by Mukanigi, the country of Warumashanya, and Usumbura of

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • Usumbura, governed by Simveh, ally and friend of Warumashanya, extending to the eastern bank of the Rusizi. 4th.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • I had to sit idle in Usumbura or Ujiji, or else come away; and idleness ill suits my blood!

    The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

  • I had to sit idle in Usumbura or Ujiji, or else come away; and idleness ill suits my blood!

    The Ivory Trail Talbot Mundy 1909

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