Kon·go (k ng g )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. |
Kongo [ˈkɒŋgəʊ]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -gos, -go a member of a Negroid people of Africa living in the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), Congo Brazzaville, and Angola
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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| Noun | 1. | 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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