LUBUMBASHI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lubumbashi mean? 

• LUBUMBASHI (noun)
  The noun LUBUMBASHI has 1 sense:

1. a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville

  Familiarity information: LUBUMBASHI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUBUMBASHI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Elisabethville; Lubumbashi

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Lubumbashi" is a part of...):

Belgian Congo; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zaire (a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960)