[DOC] [TLE] Congo River - Wikipedia [PAR] The Congo River is a river in Africa. It is the second largest river in the world by 
discharge (after ... The name River Congo originated from the Kingdom of Kongo 
which was located on the southern bank of the river. ... to Zahir or Zaire as the 
name used by the natives (i.e. derived from Portuguese usage) remained 
common. [DOC] [TLE] Kingdom of Kongo - Wikipedia [PAR] The Kingdom of Kongo was an African kingdom located in west central Africa in 
what is now .... Nzinga a Nkuwu took the Christian name of Joo I in honor of 
Portugal's king at the ... of arms for Kongo that was used by all following kings on 
official documents, ... Today, Roman Catholicism is the largest religion in Angola, 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Colonization of the Congo - Wikipedia [PAR] Colonization of the Congo refers to the period of Henry Morton Stanley's first 
exploration of the ... The Congo River was the last part of the African continent to 
yield to ... The coasts by Prince Henry the Navigator's Portuguese sailors in the 
15th ... Lualaba (Upper Congo) to the large lake he named Stanley Pool (now 
called... [DOC] [TLE] Portuguese discoveries - Wikipedia [PAR] Portuguese discoveries (Portuguese: Descobrimentos portugueses) are the 
numerous .... In 1482, Diogo Co discovered the Congo River. .... To defend the 
city a strong fort was erected, called the "A Famosa", where one of its gate still 
remains today. ... In a shifting series of alliances, the Portuguese dominated 
much of the... [DOC] [TLE] The Portuguese in Africa in the 19th Century [PAR] NOTE: The Scramble for Africa is an expression used to describe the rather ... to 
claim as much African soil as they could at the end of the 19th century. ... Further 
south, the Portuguese claimed both sides of the mouth of the Congo River, as 
well as .... sparking a domestic outcry that forced King Carlos to name a new 
cabinet. [DOC] [TLE] The Butcher of Congo - Hartford Web Publishing [PAR] Cutting off hands as we see in Sierra Leone today, was very much part of 
Leopold's repertoire. ... and north of the Congo River, in Portuguese-ruled Angola
, and in the nearby ... The chicotte was freely used by both Leopold's men and the 
French]. ..... He set up a tire company in 1890 named after himself, Dunlop, and a 
new... [DOC] [TLE] History Kingdom of Kongo - Africa Federation of Free States of Africa [PAR] Tribes with the prefix Ba to their names spread far to the west into the Congo 
basin and ... Near the center of the Kongo was the Bakuba Kingdom (or 
Bushongo), still noted ... Much of the history and civilization of Central Africa and 
East Africa was ... telling them that Christianity was a subtle method used by the 
Portuguese to... [DOC] [TLE] Bakongo - Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion ... [PAR] LOCATION: Congo River region (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo; 
Republic of the Congo) ... who adopted the Christian name Afonso I. Within a few 
years, the kingdom ... Today, the Bakongo peoples still live in their ancestral 
homeland. ... Standard Kikongo is used in elementary schools throughout the 
Lower... [DOC] [TLE] Democratic Republic of Congo profile - Timeline - BBC.com [PAR] Oct 18, 2016 ... 1482 - Portuguese navigator Diogo Cao becomes the first European to visit the ... 
1874-77 - British explorer Henry Stanley navigates Congo river to the Atlantic 
Ocean. ... 1996-97 - Tutsi rebels capture much of eastern Zaire while Mobutu is ... 
President Kabila names a transitional government to lead until... [DOC] [TLE] Congo River | river, Africa | Britannica.com [PAR] Congo River, formerly Zaire River, river in west-central Africa. ... given as nzari, 
nzali, njali, nzaddi, and niadi and that simply means river in local ... It was only 
in the early years of the 18th century that the river was first called the Rio Congo,
 a name taken ... Today, however, the Congo appears as the key to the

Question: Name given by the Portuguese to the Congo River & still used for much of it today
Answer: the Zaire