Kongo

Kongo

1. A Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa.
2. Alternative spelling of Congo (“place in Africa”)

• Kikongo

Kongo (not generally comparable, comparative more Kongo, superlative most Kongo)

1. Of or related to the Kongo languages or Kikongo-speaking peoples
   • 2013, Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz, Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign:

     In addition, an initial analysis of Kongo cosmology, cosmogony, and mythology allows us to see and appreciate the conceptual parallels between Kongo culture in Central Africa and in Cuba.

• ISO 639-1 code kg, ISO 639-3 code kon (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Kongo, kon ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoŋɡo]

Kongo n

1. Congo (a large river in Africa)
2. Congo

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Kongo in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Kongo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔŋ.ɡoː/

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• Hyphenation: Kon‧go

Kongo f

1. Congo river

• IPA^(key): [ˈkonɡo]
• Rhymes: -onɡo
• Hyphenation: Kon‧go

Kongo (accusative Kongon)

1. Congo

From French Congo, possibly from Kongo nkongo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoŋːo/, [ˈko̞ŋːo̞]
• Rhymes: -oŋːo
• Syllabification^(key): Kon‧go

Kongo

1. Congo (Republic of the Congo)
2. Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
3. Congo (river)

• (Republic of the Congo): Kongon tasavalta
• (Democratic Republic of the Congo): Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta
• (Congo River): Kongojoki

• Zaire

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔŋɡo/

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der Kongo m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kongo or des Kongos)
Kongo n (proper noun, genitive Kongos or (optionally with an article) Kongo)

1. Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)
2. Congo, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)

• Belgisch-Kongo
• DR Kongo
• Französisch-Kongo
• Mittelkongo
• Portugiesisch-Kongo
• Kongo pl

der Kongo m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kongo or des Kongos)

1. Congo (a major river in Africa)

Kongo n (proper noun, strong, genitive Kongo or Kongos)

1. Kongo (a Bantu language)

• “Kongo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Kongo

1. Rōmaji transcription of コンゴ

Kongo f (indeclinable)

1. Congo

• Kongo Republika
• Kongo Demokrātiskā Republika

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔŋ.ɡɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋɡɔ
• Syllabification: Kon‧go

Kongo n

1. Congo (a river in Central Africa)
2. Congo Republic, Republic of the Congo, Congo-Brazzaville (a country in Central Africa)

• In Polish, unqualified Kongo normally refers to the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), the smaller of the two countries commonly called Congo, whereas in English, unqualified Kongo normally refers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa), the larger of the two countries commonly called Congo.

• Demokratyczna Republika Konga (“Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo”)

• Kongo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Kongo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /kôŋɡo/
• Hyphenation: Kon‧go

Kȍngo m (Cyrillic spelling Ко̏нго)

1. Republic of the Congo
2. Democratic Republic of the Congo
3. the Congo River

• (Republic of the Congo) Kongo-Brazavil
• (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Kongo-Kinšasa

• Audio (Kenya)

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Kongo

1. Congo: either of Jamhuri ya Kongo (“Republic of the Congo”) or Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (“Democratic Republic of the Congo”)
2. Congo (river)

Kongo n (genitive Kongos)

1. Republic of the Congo
2. Democratic Republic of the Congo

Utrikes namnbok only uses the short name “Kongo” for the Republic of the Congo, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo is referred to by its official name only.

• (Republic of the Congo) Kongo-Brazzaville
• (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Kongo-Kinshasa

• kongoles
• kongolesisk
• kongolesiska

Kongo

1. Congo (country with Brazzaville as capital)
2. Congo (country with Kinshasa as capital)
3. Congo (river)