Former Names of Cities
The following table shows the names that were formerly used in French and Dutch for major cities, during the colonial period. Both languages now use the modern (Congolese) names.
|
|
Read more about this topic: History Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Famous quotes containing the words names and/or cities:
“Ideas about life organize perception; names of emotions organize sensations; rules of syntax organize thought. But pain comes on its own.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Do you know what Agelisas said, when he was asked why the great city of Lacedomonie was not girded with walls? Because, pointing out the inhabitants and citizens of the city, so expert in military discipline and so strong and well armed: “Here,” he said, “are the walls of the city,” meaning that there is no wall but of bones, and that towns and cities can have no more secure nor stronger wall than the virtue of their citizens and inhabitants.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)