Etymology

Brazzaville

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Today it means: The capital and largest city in the Republic of the Congo. Full definition →

French Brazzaville
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  1. French · borrowed fromBrazzaville
  2. English todayBrazzaville

Borrowed from French Brazzaville, from Brazza + ville (“city”). Named after Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), who officially founded the settlement in 1880.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.