- Look up
Leopoldville in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Leopoldville may
refer to:
Léopoldville, the
capital of the
Belgian colony of Congo,
before it...
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Congo in 1960. From 1960 to 1966, the
country was also
known as Congo-
Léopoldville (after its capital) to
distinguish it from its
northwestern neighbor...
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Kinshasa (/kɪnˈʃɑːsə/; French: [kinʃasa]; Lingala: Kinsásá),
formerly named Léopoldville from 1881–1966 (Dutch: Leopoldstad), is the
capital and
largest city...
- A
number of
steamships have been
named Leopoldville or
Léopoldville: SS
Léopoldville (1895), 3,386 GRT,
built by Sir
Raylton Dixon & Co, Middlesbrough...
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archdiocese in 1959. In 1966, its name was
changed from the
Archdiocese of
Léopoldville to the
Archdiocese of Kinshasa. Today, the
archdiocese covers a territory...
- v Congo-
Léopoldville Congo-Brazzaville v Congo-
Léopoldville Ivory Coast v Congo-
Léopoldville Tunisia v Congo-
Léopoldville Congo-
Léopoldville v Congo-Brazzaville...
- on
behalf of the
International ****ociation of the Congo. He
named it
Léopoldville (French) or
Leopoldstad (Dutch) in
honour of King
Leopold II who was...
- SS
Léopoldville was a 11,509 GRT p****enger
liner of the
Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. She was
converted for use as a
troopship in the
Second World...
- On 5
September 1960
President Joseph Kasa-Vubu of Congo-
Léopoldville (modern
Democratic Republic of the Congo)
dismissed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba...
- 1908
until independence in 1960 and
became the
Republic of the
Congo (
Léopoldville). The
former colony adopted its
present name, the
Democratic Republic...
