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Kongo

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Kon·go  (kngg)
n. pl. Kongo or Kon·gos
1. A member of a people living in west-central Africa along the lower Congo River.
2. A Bantu language of the Kongo used as a lingua franca in the southern Republic of the Congo, the western Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and northern Angola. Also called Kikongo.
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Noun1.Kongo - the Bantu language spoken by the Kongo living in the tropical forests of Zaire and Congo and Angola
Bantoid language, Bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent


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