Congo

See also: congo and Congó

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Congo

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Kongo

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋɡəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/, /ˈkɔŋɡoʊ/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
• Homophone: Kongo

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Congo or the Congo (plural Congos)

2. 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).

   Synonyms: Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, (formerly) Zaire

4. 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).

   Synonyms: Congo-Brazzaville, Congo Republic

6. A region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.
8. 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.

Derived terms

• Chicongo
• Chimpcongo
• Congo Cay
• Congo eel
• Congo golden mole
• Congolese
• Congolian
• Congo moor chat
• Congo moorchat
• Congo red
• Congo snake
• Congo trypanosomiasis
• Middle Congo

Translations

Congo, ambiguously

Arabic: اَلْكُونْغُو m (al-kūnḡū) Armenian: Կոնգո (hy) (Kongo) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ f (kōngō) Burmese: ကွန်ဂို (kwan-gui) Chinese: Mandarin: 剛果 / 刚果 (zh) (Gāngguǒ) Corsican: Congu m Czech: Kongo (cs) Dutch: Congo (nl) n Finnish: Kongo (fi) French: Congo (fr) m Georgian: კონგო (ḳongo) German: Kongo (de) m Greek: Κονγκό (el) n (Kongkó) Hausa: Kwango, Kongo Hebrew: קונגו (kongo) Hindi: कांगो (kāṅgo) Hungarian: Kongó (hu) Interlingua: Congo Irish: An Congó m Italian: Congo (it) Japanese: コンゴ (ja) (Kongo) Kalenjin: Kongo Kamba: Kongo Khmer: កុងហ្គោ (konggoo) Kikuyu: Kongo Korean: 콩고 (ko) (Konggo), 꽁고 (ko) (Kkonggo) (North Korea) Lao: ຄອງໂກ (khǭng kō) Lithuanian: Kongas (lt) m Luhya: Kongo Luo: Kongo Maori: Kōngo Meru: Kongo Norman: Congo m Persian: کنگو (fa) (kongo) Polish: Kongo (pl) Romanian: Congo (ro) Russian: Ко́нго (ru) f (Kóngo) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ко̏нго m Roman: Kȍngo (sh) m Sicilian: Concu m Spanish: Congo (es) m Tagalog: Konggo Thai: คองโก (th) (kɔng-goo) Turkish: Kongo (tr) Vietnamese: Công-gô Yoruba: Kóngò

Democratic Republic of the Congo — see Democratic Republic of the Congo,‎ Congo-Kinshasa

Republic of the Congo — see Republic of the Congo,‎ Congo-Brazzaville

river

Armenian: Կոնգո (hy) (Kongo) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ m (kōngō) Chinese: Mandarin: 剛果河 / 刚果河 (zh) (Gāngguǒ hé) Czech: Kongo (cs) Danish: Congofloden, Zaïrefloden Dutch: Kongo (nl) f, Congo (nl) f Esperanto: Kongo Estonian: Kongo (et) Faroese: Kongo f, Kongoá f Finnish: Kongo (fi), Kongojoki French: Congo (fr) m German: Kongo (de) m Greek: Κονγκό (el) n (Kongkó) Hebrew: קונגו (qongo) Hungarian: Kongó (hu) Interlingua: Congo Irish: An Congó m Italian: Congo (it) Japanese: コンゴ (ja) (Kongo) Kongo: Nzâdi Kôngo Korean: 콩고 (ko) (Konggo) Lingala: ebale Kongó, ebale Kɔ́ngɔ Macedonian: Конго n (Kongo) Norman: Congo m Persian: کنگو (fa) (kongo) Polish: Kongo (pl) n Portuguese: Congo (pt) m Romanian: Congo (ro) n Russian: Ко́нго (ru) m (Kóngo) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ко̏нго m Roman: Kȍngo (sh) m Spanish: Congo (es) m Swahili: mto wa Kongo class m-mi, Kongo (sw) Swedish: Kongo (sv) Turkish: Kongo (tr) Vietnamese: sông Công-gô

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Breton: (please verify) Kongo Latin: (please verify) Congum

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

References

https://www.kupsala.net/risto/kongo/kituba-english.html

Etymology 2

Clipping of Congregationalist +‎ -o.

Noun

Congo (plural Congos)

1. (informal) Congregationalist

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Congo.

See also

• El Congo

Anagrams

• cogon

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Congo

Wikipedia ^ca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkoŋ.ɡu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkoŋ.ɡo]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Congo m

1. Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
2. Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
3. Congo (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)

Derived terms

• congolès
• República del Congo
• República Democràtica del Congo

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Congo

1. Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
2. Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Kongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔŋ.ɣoː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Con‧go

Proper noun

Congo n

1. Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
2. Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Coordinate terms

• Zaïre (historical)

Derived terms

• (historical) Belgisch-Congo
• Congo-Brazzaville
• Congo-Kinshasa
• Congolees
• Democratische Republiek Congo
• Republiek Congo

Proper noun

Congo f

1. Congo (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)

Further reading

• “Congo” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
• Congo on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Congo

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/

• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Proper noun

Congo m (plural Congos)

1. Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
2. Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Derived terms

• Congo belge
• Congo-Brazzaville
• Congo-Kinshasa
• congolais
• Congolais, Congolaise
• République Démocratique du Congo
• République du Congo
• tout ça ne nous rendra pas le Congo

Descendants

• → Japanese: コンゴ (Kongo)