# Congo
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒŋɡəʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/, /ˈkɔŋɡoʊ/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* 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)
* 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
* 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
* A region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the 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

* Chicongo
* Chimpcongo
* Congo Cay
* Congo eel
* Congolese
* Congolian
* Congo moor chat
* Congo moorchat
* Congo red
* Congo snake
* Congo trypanosomiasis
* Middle Congo

##### Translations

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

##### 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)
* (informal) Congregationalist

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Congo.

#### See also

* El Congo

### Anagrams

* cogon

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈkoŋ.ɡu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkoŋ.ɡo]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Congo m
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* 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
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Congo m (plural Congos)
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
* 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: /ˈkɔn.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -ɔnɡo
* Hyphenation: Còn‧go

### Proper noun

Congo m
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* Congo (a region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo)
* 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

### References

* ↑ Congo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* cogno

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkõ.ɡu/
* Hyphenation: Con‧go

### Proper noun

Congo m
* 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)
* 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)
* Congo (a region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo)
* 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: /ˈkonɡo/ [ˈkõŋ.ɡo]
* Rhymes: -onɡo
* Syllabification: Con‧go

### Proper noun

Congo m
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* 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

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Kongo nkongo (“hunter”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔŋɡɔ/

### Proper noun

y Congo m
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
* Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* 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)

#### Related terms

* Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo (“Democratic Republic of the Congo”)
* Gweriniaeth y Congo (“Republic of the Congo”)