Burundi

[ boo-roon-dee ]

/ bʊˈrʊn di /

noun

a republic in central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly the southern part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; gained independence on July 1, 1962. 10,747 sq. mi. (27,834 sq. km). Capital: Bujumbura.

Formerly U·run·di

[oo-roon-dee] /ʊˈrun di/ .

OTHER WORDS FROM Burundi

Bu·run·di·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby Burundi

Burt, burthen, burton, Burton-upon-Trent, Buru, Burundi, Burundian, Burushaski, burweed, bury, Buryat

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Example sentences from the Web for Burundi

In 2007, Boggian left the Congo for Burundi after a brief time back in Italy.
Catholic Nuns Aiding Africa's Battered Wives Are Raped and Murdered|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The elderly nuns protected women and children in Burundi, then paid with their own lives for their mission.
Catholic Nuns Aiding Africa's Battered Wives Are Raped and Murdered|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Commercial trade in human remains is illegal in Burundi and is protected by the same laws, which prohibit human trafficking.
Burundi’s Black Market Skull Trade|Margot Kiser|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unlike its famous neighbor Rwanda, the tiny landlocked country of Burundi is difficult to locate on a map.
Burundi’s Black Market Skull Trade|Margot Kiser|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Has the tiny nation of Burundi become ground zero for a new global black-market trade in human remains?
Burundi’s Black Market Skull Trade|Margot Kiser|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Burundi

Burundi

/ (bəˈrʊndɪ) /

noun

a republic in E central Africa: inhabited chiefly by the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa (Pygmy); made part of German East Africa in 1899; part of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi from 1923 until it became independent in 1962; ethnic violence has erupted at times between Hutu and Tutsi, as in Rwanda; consists mainly of high plateaus along the main Nile-Congo dividing range, dropping rapidly to the Great Rift Valley in the west. Official languages: Kirundi and French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Burundi franc. Capital: Bujumbura. Pop: 10 888 321 (2013 est). Area: 27 731 sq km (10 707 sq miles)Former name (until 1962): Urundi

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Cultural definitions for Burundi

Burundi

[ (boo-roohn-dee) ]

Nation in Central Africa, bordered by Rwanda on the north, Democratic Republic of Congo on the west, and Tanzania on the east and south. Its capital is Bujumbura. It achieved independence in 1962. It has been torn by ethnic conflict between Tutsis and Hutus.

单词	burundi
释义	Burundi [ boo-roon-dee ] / bʊˈrʊn di / noun a republic in central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly the southern part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; gained independence on July 1, 1962. 10,747 sq. mi. (27,834 sq. km). Capital: Bujumbura. Formerly U·run·di [oo-roon-dee] /ʊˈrun di/ . OTHER WORDS FROM Burundi Bu·run·di·an, adjective, noun Words nearby Burundi Burt, burthen, burton, Burton-upon-Trent, Buru, Burundi, Burundian, Burushaski, burweed, bury, Buryat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Burundi In 2007, Boggian left the Congo for Burundi after a brief time back in Italy. Catholic Nuns Aiding Africa's Battered Wives Are Raped and Murdered\|Barbie Latza Nadeau\|September 10, 2014\|DAILY BEAST The elderly nuns protected women and children in Burundi, then paid with their own lives for their mission. Catholic Nuns Aiding Africa's Battered Wives Are Raped and Murdered\|Barbie Latza Nadeau\|September 10, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Commercial trade in human remains is illegal in Burundi and is protected by the same laws, which prohibit human trafficking. Burundi’s Black Market Skull Trade\|Margot Kiser\|January 26, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Unlike its famous neighbor Rwanda, the tiny landlocked country of Burundi is difficult to locate on a map. Burundi’s Black Market Skull Trade\|Margot Kiser\|January 26, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Has the tiny nation of Burundi become ground zero for a new global black-market trade in human remains? Burundi’s Black Market Skull Trade\|Margot Kiser\|January 26, 2014\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for Burundi Burundi / (bəˈrʊndɪ) / noun a republic in E central Africa: inhabited chiefly by the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa (Pygmy); made part of German East Africa in 1899; part of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi from 1923 until it became independent in 1962; ethnic violence has erupted at times between Hutu and Tutsi, as in Rwanda; consists mainly of high plateaus along the main Nile-Congo dividing range, dropping rapidly to the Great Rift Valley in the west. Official languages: Kirundi and French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Burundi franc. Capital: Bujumbura. Pop: 10 888 321 (2013 est). Area: 27 731 sq km (10 707 sq miles)Former name (until 1962): Urundi Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Burundi Burundi [ (boo-roohn-dee) ] Nation in Central Africa, bordered by Rwanda on the north, Democratic Republic of Congo on the west, and Tanzania on the east and south. Its capital is Bujumbura. It achieved independence in 1962. It has been torn by ethnic conflict between Tutsis and Hutus. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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