English Explanatory Dictionary

Congo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo; official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital: Kinshasa).
  2. Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; official name: Republic of the Congo; capital: Brazzaville).
  3. A region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.
  4. A major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola.
noun
  1. Congregationalist
name
  1. A locality in the Eurobodalla council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
noun
  1. Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea.
intj
  1. congratulations

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒŋɡəʊ/ /ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/ /ˈkɔŋɡoʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Congo.wav en-us-Congo.ogg

Word forms

Congo the Congo Congos Kongo congoes

Etymology

After Kongo, from Kongo nkongo (“hunter”). Compare Kongo dikongo (“spear”), Zulu umkhonto, Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kóndó.

Synonyms

Congo-Kinshasa DR Congo Zaire Congo-Brazzaville Congo Republic

Related words

El Congo

Derived words

Belgian Congo Chicongo Chimpcongo Congo Cay Congo eel Congo golden mole Congolese Congolian Congo moorchat Congo moor chat Congo red Congo-Saharan Congo snake Congo trypanosomiasis Middle Congo West Benue-Congo

Translations

Arabic: اَلْكُونْغُو Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ Armenian: Կոնգո Burmese: ကွန်ဂို Chinese Mandarin: 剛果 /刚果 Corsican: Congu Czech: Kongo Dutch: Congo Finnish: Kongo French: Congo Georgian: კონგო German: Kongo Greek: Κονγκό Hausa: Kwango Hausa: Kongo Hebrew: קונגו Hindi: कांगो Hungarian: Kongó Interlingua: Congo Irish: An Congó Italian: Congo Japanese: コンゴ Kalenjin: Kongo Kamba: Kongo Khmer: កុងហ្គោ Kikuyu: Kongo Korean: 콩고 Korean: 꽁고 Lao: ຄອງໂກ Lithuanian: Kongas Luhya: Kongo Luo: Kongo Māori: Kōngo Meru: Kongo Norman: Congo Persian: کنگو Polish: Kongo Portuguese: Congo Romanian: Congo Russian: Ко́нго Serbo-Croatian: Ко̏нго Serbo-Croatian: Kȍngo Sicilian: Concu
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