Brazzavillian
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A native or inhabitant of Brazzaville.
"This initiative gave birth to an urban movement, the […] SAPE: a way of expressing an identity that was antipoverty, antidepression, and antipower (because it opposed the abas-cost, the uniform imposed by Mobutu) for thousands of young Kinshasans, as well as for Brazzavillians on the other side of the Congo River."
- 1 Of or relating to the city of Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo.
Example
More examples"This initiative gave birth to an urban movement, the […] SAPE: a way of expressing an identity that was antipoverty, antidepression, and antipower (because it opposed the abas-cost, the uniform imposed by Mobutu) for thousands of young Kinshasans, as well as for Brazzavillians on the other side of the Congo River."
Etymology
From Brazzaville + -ian.
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