proper noun/bʁa.za.vil/
Brazzaville (the capital city of the Republic of the Congo); The government of the Republic of the Congo.
Synonyms: Brazza
Related: brazzavillois, Brazzavillois
From Brazza + ville (“city”). Named after Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), who officially founded the settlement in 1880 [from 1880].