burundi
burundi — noun
1. an African nation that lies to the south of Rwanda and to the north of Tanzania
an African nation that lies to the south of Rwanda and to the north of Tanzania
Ritu has worked as a teacher in Burundi for the past four years.
used with 'in' for country as location
The geography teacher asked the class to find Burundi on the map of Africa.
Kwame's grandparents left Burundi in 1996 and settled in a small town in Belgium.
Burundi is one of the smallest countries on the mainland of Africa by land area.
用法筆記
Burundi is always capitalised as a proper noun and does not take an article ('the Burundi' is incorrect). Distinguish from sense 2, which uses the formal full name 'the Republic of Burundi'.
常見錯誤
2. the Republic of Burundi, a country in east central Africa that borders Lake Tang
the Republic of Burundi, a country in east central Africa that borders Lake Tanganyika, with Gitega as its capital city
The Republic of Burundi held its first democratic elections in 2005 after a long civil war.
formal name: 'the Republic of Burundi'
Lake Tanganyika forms part of Burundi's southwestern border and is a very deep African lake.
geographical detail: Lake Tanganyika border
Gitega became the official political capital of Burundi in 2019, replacing Bujumbura.
Burundi and its northern neighbour Rwanda were both ruled by Belgium before gaining independence.
用法筆記
This sense is most common in formal writing — news reports, encyclopaedias, and political documents. In everyday conversation, speakers use sense 1 ('Burundi') rather than 'the Republic of Burundi'.