Congo

Con-go · proper_noun

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Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    A major river in Central Africa, the second longest in Africa.

  2. 2.

    Either of two countries in Central Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the Republic of the Congo.

Related words

See also: Africa, Brazzaville, Kinshasa

Etymology

From Kongo Kongo, the name of a Bantu ethnic group and their kingdom in the region. The name may derive from the Kongo word for "mountains" or from nkongo ("hunters").