Meanings
comparative more Brazzavillian · superlative most Brazzavillian · alternative Brazzavillean
- Of or relating to the city of Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo.
plural Brazzavillians · alternative Brazzavillean
- A native or inhabitant of Brazzaville.
1 more example
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.
2002, Frank Tenaille, translated by Steven Toussaint and Hope Sandrine, Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books, →ISBN, page 182
Origin
Cite this entry
Brazzavillian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brazzavillian
“Brazzavillian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brazzavillian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Brazzavillian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brazzavillian.
Source: Brazzavillian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.