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USUMBURA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Usumbura mean?
• USUMBURA (noun)
The noun USUMBURA has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of Burundi
Familiarity information: USUMBURA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Burundi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Bujumbura; capital of Burundi; Usumbura
Context example:
Usumbura was renamed Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Usumbura" is a part of...):
Burundi; Republic of Burundi (a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika)
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