We consider a string wrapped many times around a compact circle in space, a
nd let this string carry a right-moving wave which imparts momentum and ang
ular momentum to the string. The angular momentum causes the strands of the
'multiwound' string to separate and cover the surface of a torus. We compu
te the supergravity solution for this string configuration. We map this sol
ution by dualities to the D1-D5 system with angular momentum that has been
recently studied. We discuss how constructing this multiwound string soluti
on may help us to relate the microscopic and macroscopic pictures of black
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