Congo

See also: congo and Congó

English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
• Homophone: Kongo

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• Chicongo
• Chimpcongo
• Congo Cay
• Congolese
• Congolian
• Congo moor chat
• Congo red
• Congo snake
• Congo trypanosomiasis
• Middle Congo

 

Translations

country with Kinshasa as capital

• Arabic: اَلْكُونْغُو m (al-kūnḡū)
• Armenian: Կոնգո (hy) (Kongo)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ f (kōngō), ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܹܝܡܘܿܩܪܵܛܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ f (quṭnāyūṯā dēmōqrāṭāyṯā d-kōngō)
• Burmese: ကွန်ဂို (kwan-gui)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剛果（金）／刚果（金） (Gāngguǒ-Jīn), 剛果／刚果 (zh) (Gāngguǒ), 民主剛果／民主刚果 (Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ), 剛果民主共和國／刚果民主共和国 (zh) (Gāngguǒ mínzhǔ gònghéguó), 扎伊爾 (zh) (Zháyī'ěr)

• Corsican: Congu m
• Czech: Kongo (cs)
• Danish: Demokratiske Republik Congo (da)
• Dutch: Kongo (nl)
• Esperanto: Kongo-Kinŝasa
• Estonian: Kongo DV, Kongo-Kinshasa, Kinshasa Kongo
• Faroese: Kongo-Kinshasa n
• Finnish: Kongo (fi)
• French: Congo (fr) m, Zaïre (fr) m
• Georgian: კონგო (ḳongo)
• German: Kongo (de) m, Demokratische Republik Kongo (de) f, Zaire (de)
• Greek: Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό (el) f (Laïkí Dimokratía tou Kongkó)
• Hebrew: קונגו (kongo), הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו (ha'republika ha'demokrat'it shel kongo)
• Hindi: कांगो (kāṅgo)
• Hungarian: Kongó (hu), Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság (hu)
• Interlingua: Congo
• Irish: Poblacht Dhaonlathach an Chongó f, An Congó m
• Italian: Congo (it), Repubblica Democratica del Congo, Congo-Kinshasa
• Japanese: コンゴ (ja) (Kongo), コンゴ民主共和国 (ja) (Kongo minshu kyōwakoku), ザイール (ja) (Zaīru)
• Khmer: កុងហ្គោ (konggoo)
• Korean: 콩고 (ko) (Konggo), 콩고 민주 공화국 (ko) (Konggo minju gonghwaguk), 민주 콩고 (ko) (Minju konggo), 자이르 (ko) (Jaireu), 꽁고 (ko) (Kkonggo) (North Korea), 꽁고 민주주의 공화국 (ko) (Kkonggo minjujuui gonghwaguk) (North Korea), 민주 꽁고 (ko) (Minju kkonggo) (North Korea)
• Lao: ຄອງໂກ (khǭng kō)
• Macedonian: Конго-Кинша́са (Kongo-Kinšása), Демократска Република Конго f (Demokratska Republika Kongo)
• Navajo: Kéyah Káango Shádiʼááhjí Siʼánígíí
• Norman: Congo m
• Persian: کنگو (fa) (kongo), جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو (jomhuri-ye demokrâtik kongo)
• Polish: Demokratyczna Republika Konga (pl) f
• Portuguese: Congo-Kinshasa (pt), República Democrática do Congo (pt) f
• Romanian: Congo (ro), Congo-Kinshasa (ro), Republica Democrată Congo f
• Russian: Ко́нго (ru) f (Kóngo), Заи́р (ru) m (Zaír), Демократи́ческая Респу́блика Ко́нго (ru) f (Demokratíčeskaja Respúblika Kóngo), Ко́нго-Кинша́са f (Kóngo-Kinšása)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ко̏нго-Киншаса f, Демо̀кратска̄ Репу̀блика Ко̏нго f

  Roman: Kȍngo-Kinšasa f, Demòkratskā Repùblika Kȍngo f

• Sicilian: Concu m
• Spanish: República Democrática del Congo (es) f
• Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (sw)
• Swedish: Kongo-Kinshasa (sv), Demokratiska Republiken Kongo (sv)
• Thai: คองโก (th) (kɔng-goo)
• Turkish: Kongo (tr), Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti (tr)
• Vietnamese: Công-gô, Cộng hoà Dân chủ Công-gô

country with Brazzaville as capital

• Arabic: الْكُونْغُو f (al-kūnḡū)
• Armenian: Կոնգո (hy) (Kongo)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ f (kōngō), ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ f (quṭnāyūṯā d-kōngō)
• Asturian: El Congu (ast)
• Bengali: কঙ্গো (bn) (koṅgō)
• Burmese: ကွန်ဂို (kwan-gui)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剛果（布）／刚果（布） (Gāngguǒ-Bù), 剛果／刚果 (zh) (Gāngguǒ), 剛果共和國／刚果共和国 (zh) (Gāngguǒ gònghéguó)

• Czech: Kongo (cs)
• Danish: Congo, Republikken Congo
• Dutch: Kongo (nl), Kongo-Brazzaville (nl)
• Esperanto: Kongo-Brazavilo, Kongolo-Brazavilo
• Estonian: Kongo (et), Kongo-Brazzaville, Brazzaville’i Kongo
• Faroese: Kongo-Brazzaville n
• Finnish: Kongo (fi)
• French: Congo (fr) m
• Georgian: კონგო (ḳongo)
• German: Kongo (de) m, Republik Kongo (de) f
• Greek: Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό (el) f (Dimokratía tou Kongkó)
• Hausa: Kwango, Kongo
• Hebrew: קונגו (kongo)
• Hindi: कांगो (kāṅgo)
• Hungarian: Kongó (hu), Kongói Köztársaság (hu)
• Interlingua: Congo
• Irish: Poblacht an Chongó f, An Congó m
• Italian: Congo (it), Repubblica del Congo, Congo-Brazzaville
• Japanese: コンゴ (ja) (Kongo), コンゴ共和国 (ja) (Kongo kyōwakoku)
• Kalenjin: Kongo
• Kamba: Kongo
• Khmer: កុងហ្គោ (konggoo)
• Kikuyu: Kongo
• Korean: 콩고 (ko) (Konggo), 콩고 공화국 (ko) (Konggo gonghwaguk), 꽁고 (ko) (Kkonggo) (North Korea), 꽁고 공화국 (ko) (Kkonggo gonghwaguk) (North Korea)
• Lao: ຄອງໂກ (khǭng kō)
• Luhya: Kongo
• Luo: Kongo
• Macedonian: Конго-Бразавил m (Kongo-Brazavil), Република Конго f (Republika Kongo)
• Maori: Kōngo
• Meru: Kongo
• Navajo: Kéyah Káango Náhookǫsjí Siʼánígíí
• Norman: Congo m
• Persian: کنگو (fa) (kongo), جمهوری کنگو (jomhuri-ye kongo)
• Polish: Kongo (pl), Kongo (Brazzaville) (colloquial)
• Portuguese: Congo-Brazzaville (pt), República do Congo (pt) f
• Romanian: Congo (ro), Congo-Brazzaville (ro), Republica Congo f
• Russian: Ко́нго (ru) m (Kóngo), Респу́блика Ко́нго (ru) f (Respúblika Kóngo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ко̏нго m, Ко̏нго-Бразавил m, Репу̀блика Ко̏нго f

  Roman: Kȍngo (sh) m, Kȍngo-Brazavil m, Repùblika Kȍngo f

• Spanish: Congo (es) m
• Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kongo
• Swedish: Kongo-Brazzaville (sv), Republiken Kongo (sv)
• Tagalog: Konggo
• Thai: คองโก (th) (kɔng-goo)
• Turkish: Kongo (tr), Kongo Cumhuriyeti (tr)
• Vietnamese: Công-gô, Cộng hoà Công-gô
• Yoruba: Kóngò

river

• Armenian: Կոնգո (hy) (Kongo)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ m (kōngō)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剛果河／刚果河 (zh) (Gāngguǒ hé)

• Czech: Kongo (cs)
• Danish: Congofloden, Zaïrefloden
• Dutch: Kongo (nl)
• Esperanto: Kongo
• Estonian: Kongo (et)
• Faroese: Kongo f, Kongoá f
• Finnish: Kongo (fi), Kongojoki
• French: Congo (fr) m
• German: Kongo (de) m
• Greek: Κονγκό (el) n (Kongkó)
• Hebrew: קונגו (qongo)
• Hungarian: Kongó (hu)
• Interlingua: Congo
• Irish: An Congó m
• Italian: Congo (it)
• Japanese: コンゴ (ja) (Kongo)
• Kongo: Nzâdi Kôngo
• Korean: 콩고 (ko) (Konggo)
• Lingala: ebale Kongó, ebale Kɔ́ngɔ
• Macedonian: Конго n (Kongo)
• Norman: Congo m
• Persian: کنگو (fa) (kongo)
• Polish: Kongo (pl) n
• Portuguese: Congo (pt) m
• Romanian: Congo (ro) n
• Russian: Ко́нго (ru) m (Kóngo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ко̏нго m

  Roman: Kȍngo (sh) m

• Spanish: Congo (es) m
• Swahili: mto wa Kongo class m-mi, Kongo (sw)
• Swedish: Kongo (sv)
• Turkish: Kongo (tr)
• Vietnamese: sông Công-gô

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} Kongo
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} Congum

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

References

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

Etymology 2

Clipping of Congregationalist +‎ -o.

Noun

Congo (plural Congos)

1. (informal) Congregationalist

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Congo.

See also

• El Congo

Anagrams

• cogon

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Proper noun

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)

Derived terms

• congolès
• República del Congo
• República Democràtica del Congo

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

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)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

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)

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• → Japanese: コンゴ (Kongo)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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)

Derived terms

• Repubblica Democratica del Congo

Anagrams

• cogno

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ɡu/

• Hyphenation: Con‧go

Proper noun

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)

Derived terms

• congolês

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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)

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• congolés
• República del Congo
• República Democrática del Congo