Congo

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
• Homophone: Kongo

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

Congo or the Congo (plural Congos)

2. Congo, 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. Congo, 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 large river in Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Appendix:Countries of the world

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

Clipping of Congregationalist +‎ -o.

Congo (plural Congos)

1. (informal) Congregationalist

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Congo.

• El Congo

• cogon

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

• Audio (Valencia):

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Congo m

1. Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
2. Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
3. Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)

• congolès
• República del Congo
• República Democràtica del Congo

Congo

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/

• Audio:

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Congo m (plural Congos)

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

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

• → Japanese: コンゴ (Kongo)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.ɡo/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔnɡo
• Hyphenation: Còn‧go

Congo m

1. Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
2. Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
3. Congo (a region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo)
4. Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)

• Repubblica Democratica del Congo

• cogno

• Hyphenation: Con‧go

Congo m

1. Ellipsis of República Democrática do Congo: Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
2. Ellipsis of República do Congo: Congo, Congo Republic, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
3. Congo (a region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo)
4. Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)

• congolês

• IPA^(key): /ˈkonɡo/ [ˈkõŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -onɡo
• Syllabification: Con‧go

Congo m

1. Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
2. Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
3. Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)

• Like in English, the definite article precedes Congo in Spanish (i.e. el Congo).