Zaire

Za·ire  (zîr, zä-îr)

See Congo.

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Za·ire·an, Za·iri·an adj. & n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	zaire - the basic unit of money in Zaire     Zairese monetary unit - monetary unit in Zaire likuta - 100 makuta equal 1 zaire in Zaire
	2.	Zaire - a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 Belgian Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo 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

Translations

Zaire [zɑːˈiːəʳ] N → Zaire m

Zaire

n (Hist) → Zaire nt

Zaire [zɑːˈiːəʳ] n → lo Zaire m