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Word: maniema (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1961-1961
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Usage:

...Stanleyville's pro-Communist boss and Patrice Lumumba's heir, Antoine Gizenga, who nervously decided to go to Madagascar, then obeyed direct Russian orders to stay home. But Gizenga's empire is shrinking; last week part of it got chopped off into the next state of Maniema. Gizenga's home ground is Leopoldville, and he does not even speak the common Stanleyville tongue, Swahili...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congo: Confederation Hopes | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

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