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Brazzaville
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English
thumb|250px|Aerial view of Brazzaville
Etymology
en fr Brazzaville, from fr Brazza ville city y. en Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Italian-French explorer 1852 1905, who officially founded the settlement in 1880.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɹɑːzəvɪl/ /ˈbɹæzəvɪl/
brä-zä-vēl′Braz·za·ville 105 2 Braz·za·ville (brăz′ə-vĭl′, brä-zä-vēl′),
brăz′ə-vĭl′
bră′zə-vĭlBrazzaville 264 3 Brazzaville (bră′zu̇vĭl, Fr. bräzävēl′),
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Brazzaville.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en capital/and/largest city c/Republic of the Congo.
en metonym The Republic of the Congo government.
Derived terms
en Brazzavillian
Translations
the capital of the Republic of the Congo
Afrikaans: af Brazzaville
Arabic: ar بْرَازَافِيل f brazavil, ar بِرَازَافِيل f berazavil
Armenian: hy Բրազավիլ
Asturian: ast Brazzaville
Belarusian: be Бразаві́ль m
Bulgarian: bg Бразави́л m
Burmese: my ဘရာဇာဗီးလ်
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 布拉柴維爾 Bùlācháiwéi'ěr
Czech: cs Brazzaville m
Danish: da Brazzaville
Dutch: nl Brazzaville n
Esperanto: eo Brazavilo
French: fr Brazzaville f
Georgian: ka ბრაზავილი
German: de Brazzaville n
Greek: el Μπραζαβίλ
Hebrew: he ברזוויל
Hungarian: hu Brazzaville
Irish: ga Brazzaville
Japanese: ja ブラザヴィル Burazaviru
Kituba: ktu
Kongo: kg Balazavile, kg Ntambo, kg Mavula
Korean: ko ^브라자빌
Lingala: ln
Macedonian: mk Бразавил m
Persian: fa برازاویل berâzâvil
Polish: pl Brazzaville
Portuguese: pt Brazzaville f
Russian: ru Браззави́ль m
Slovak: sk Brazzaville m
Slovene: sl Brazzaville m
Spanish: es Brazzaville
Thai: th บราซาวีล
Ukrainian: uk Браззаві́ль m
Vietnamese: vi Bra-da-vin
References
en eponyms
Afrikaans
af:
Proper noun
af capital city c/Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Derived terms
af Kongo-Brazzaville
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Brazavil
Proper noun
m-in brazzavillský
cs capital city c/Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Declension
m.sg.foreign
Further reading
French
fr:
Etymology
From fr Brazza ville city y. fr Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Italian-French explorer 1852 1905, who officially founded the settlement in 1880 from 1880.
Pronunciation
[ll:l]
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Brazzaville.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Brazzaville.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr il 3
Proper noun
f
fr capital city c/Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
fr metonym politics The en government of the en Republic of the Congo.
Synonyms
fr Brazza
Derived terms
fr brazzavillois Brazzavillois
Polish
pl:
Pronunciation
Brazawil Bra.zza.ville LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Brazzaville.wav
Proper noun
n yes brazzawilski
pl capital city c/Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Derived terms
pl nouns brazzawilczyk brazzawilka
References
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt capital city c/Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
brazavil
Proper noun
m-in Brazzavillu dub
sk capital c/Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
References
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Brazavil
Proper noun
es capital city c/Republic of the Congo Brazzaville