Congo

Con·go  (kngg) 1. Officially Democratic Republic of the Congo. Formerly (1971-1997) Za·ire (zîr, zä-îr) and (1960-1971) Congo and (1908-1960) Belgian Congo and (1885-1908) Congo Free State. A country of central Africa astride the equator. Inhabited originally by Pygmy peoples and later by migrating Bantu and Nilotic groups, the region came under the control of Leopold II of Belgium in the late 1870s and was annexed outright in 1908. Full independence was achieved in 1960. Army general Mobutu Sese Seko took control of the country in 1965, ruling until his ouster by rebel forces in 1997. Kinshasa is the capital and the largest city. Population: 56,600,000. 2. Officially Republic of the Congo. A country of west-central Africa with a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. It was part of French Equatorial Africa before becoming independent in 1960. A Marxist state was established in 1970, but in the early 1990s Marxism was abandoned in favor of a multiparty system, and a new constitution was adopted. Brazzaville is the capital and the largest city. Population: 2,950,000.

Congo top: Democratic Republic of the Congo bottom: Republic of the Congo

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Congo - a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 Belgian Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire Goma - a city in eastern Congo at the northern end of Lake Kivu near the border with Rwanda Kananga, Luluabourg - a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg Kinshasa, Leopoldville - the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville Elisabethville, Lubumbashi - a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville Nyamuragira - an active volcano in eastern Congo Nyiragongo - an active volcano in eastern Congo Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean Congo River, Zaire River, Congo - a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic Kasai, Kasai River, River Kasai - a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo Kivu, Lake Kivu - a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda Lake Edward - a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda Chiluba, Luba - a member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo Congolese - a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo Zairean, Zairese - a native or inhabitant of Zaire
	2.	Congo - a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic Congo River, Zaire River Belgian Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire - a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
	3.	Congo - a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960 French Congo, Republic of the Congo Brazzaville - the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
	4.	congo - black tea grown in China congou, congou tea, English breakfast tea black tea - fermented tea leaves

Translations

Congo [ˈkɔŋgəu] n (state) → Congo

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Congo [ˈkɔŋgəu] n (= state) → (république f du) Congo

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Congo [ˈkɔŋgəu] n (state) → Kongo m

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Congo [ˈkɔŋgəu] n → Congo