Congo

Definition: Congo

Congo

Noun

1. A republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960.

2. A major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic.

3. Black tea grown in China.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Congo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references)

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Congo

Crosswords: Congo

Dutch (Congo, Zaire), Esperanto (Tsonga), French (congo, Zaire), Portuguese (congo), Spanish (Congo).

It's way too early for the congo (Rock'n'Roll Music; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

Congo vivo (1962)

El Congo 1961 (1961)

Congo Crossing (1956)

King of the Congo (1952)

Fury of the Congo (1951)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Tea in Congo (Zaire) (reference)

• A Strategic Profile of Congo,1999 edition (reference)

• Executive Report on Strategies in Congo (formerly Zaire), 2000 edition (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Dried, Salted, Preserved and Smoked Fish in Republic of Congo (reference)

• The 2001 Congo (formerly Zaire) Economic and Product Market Databook (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Against the Current of the Congo (reference)

• Thomas J. Comber: Missionary Pioneer to the Congo (reference)

• Language and Colonial Power: The Appropriation of Swahili in the Former Belgian Congo 1880-1938 (reference)

• The Political Economy of Third World Intervention: Mines, Money, and U.S. Policy in the Congo Crisis (American Politics and Political Economy) (reference)

• Dipenda 1960: Congo Beige - Ruanda - Urundi (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Congo (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Bana Congo (reference)

• Congo River (reference)

• Congo to Cuba (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Congo (reference)

• Congo the Movie (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Surf and rock on the north end of Congo Cay. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

26' plastic pig at the end of a hydrographic survey line Approaching the northwest tip of Congo Cay Launch off of WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Caption: Kazemhe, a Lunda Chief in the Belgian Congo, Speaking into an Ediphone Which Is Used by Missionaries for Language Study; Belgian Congo; Unknown Date; {29.320/214} (jpg).

Hopital des Congolais Coquilhatville, Belgian Congo. : Exterior view. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Tshombe agrees to Congo unity. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pennsylvania--Lieutenant Emory H. Taunt, United States consul to the Congo State / / photo. by Thomson, London. Michigan--building of the Ladies' Literary Club at Grand Rapids. The collapse of the Panama Canal--a view of the cut through the Culebra Mount. Credit: Library of Congress.

Women dancers enter Baudouin stadium, Leopoldville, Congo, for festivities celebrating Congo's independence. Credit: Library of Congress.

Nail fetish in animal shape from the Lower Congo River tribes. Credit: Library of Congress.

Trechot Trading Company palm oil factory at Etoumbi, Moyen Congo bush, French Equatorial Africa. General view of the oil presses below the hoppers. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lebango, Moyen Congo, French Equatorial Africa. A store where the natives buy what they need after they sell the wild rubber they had gathered at the monthly rubber market. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Situation - Occurred in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (references)

Confirmed cases of Ebola HF have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Sudan, the Ivory Coast, and Uganda. (references)

The disease is caused by infection with Ebola virus, named after a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) in Africa, where it was first recognized. (references)

Business

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR - formerly Zaire and Congo Kinshasa) is Africa's third largest country after Sudan and Algeria. (references)

The DCR possesses a wide range of minerals, and the hydroelectric potential of the Congo River equals to 13 percent of the world's hydroelectric potential. (references)

Statistics of electricity demand by country indicate that 88% is utilized by South Africa, 2% going to Zambia, 2% to the Dem. Rep. of Congo, 6% to Zimbabwe and 2% to the rest of the region. (references)

Civil Liberties

Gabon

During the year, some refugees from the Republic of Congo voluntary repatriated themselves. (references)

Namibia

The remaining refugees are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and other African countries. (references)

Congo

Lack of roads and airstrips, and insecurity along the Congo and Ubangui rivers, complicated humanitarian access to these refugees. (references)

Economic History

Angola

Mbanza Congo, the capital, had a population of 50,000 people. (references)

Cuba (09/01)

Cubans served in a non-combat advisory role in Mozambique and the Congo. (references)

Democratic Republic of Congo

In August 1998, a war broke out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (references)

Human Rights

Rwanda

RPA forces claimed they had been attacked by Mai Mai; however, credible reports indicated that RPA and RCD/Goma forces had staged the battle to discourage a U.N. Peace Observation Mission in Congo (MONUC) deployment to the area. (references)

Burundi

The law does not provide for forced exile, and the Government does not use forced exile as a means of political control; however, many persons remained in voluntary exile in Belgium, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and elsewhere. (references)

Angola

No action reportedly was taken against the members of the FAA responsible for the following killings in 1999: The December unconfirmed killing of 47 civilians during operations in the Lunda Sul province; and the February killing of several civilians near the town of Mbanza Congo. (references)

Political Economy

Congo

The ongoing restriction on commercial travel on the Congo River during the year negatively impacted the economy. (references)

Sudan

Citizens have fled to Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic. (references)

Namibia

By September the majority of the NDF soldiers who were sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 1998 were withdrawn. (references)

Trade

Chad

CEMAC countries include Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Cameroon, Gabon, and Central African Republic, and Equatorial Guinea. (references)

Mauritius

Mauritius joined SADC in 1995. Members include South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia, Congo and Seychelles. (references)

Tanzania

Furthermore, a number of warehouses are available in Dar es Salaam and are used as transit depots for items destined to Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. (references)

Travel

Zambia

The Copperbelt towns along the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) have seen periodic surges in crime due to problems across the border. (references)

Chad

There are Chadian embassies in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya, Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Algeria, Germany, Egypt, Ethiopia, Lebanon, France, Benelux and the EU, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Italy, Russia, and the United States which can provide entry visas. (references)

Worker Rights

France

Women were also trafficked from Haiti and Africa, particularly Nigeria, Togo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "Congo": belgian Congo ♦ Congo copal ♦ congo eel ♦ Congo franc ♦ Congo group ♦ Congo gum ♦ Congo paper ♦ Congo pea ♦ Congo peafowl ♦ Congo red ♦ congo river ♦ Congo snake ♦ Congo trypanosomiasis ♦ Democratic Republic of the Congo ♦ french Congo ♦ Republic of the Congo. Additional references.

Ending with "Congo": Crimean-Congo, Crimean-Congo, Hydro-congo, Niger-Congo.

Afrikaans

Kongo (Zaire). (various references)

Chinese 

剛果 , 刚果. (various references)

Danish

Congo (Brazil, Congo copal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Republic of the Congo, The People's Republic of the Congo), CG (Left Unity Group, Republic of the Congo), Republikken Congo (Republic of the Congo), folkerepublikken Congo (The People's Republic of the Congo). (various references)

Dutch

Kongo (Zaïre, Zaire), Congo (Zaire). (various references)

Esperanto

Kongolando, Kongo (Zaire). (various references)

Finnish

CG (Republic of the Congo), Kongon tasavalta (Republic of the Congo), Kongo (the Congo). (various references)

French

Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, The People's Republic of the Congo). (various references)

German

Kongo (Zaire). (various references)

Greek 

CG (Republic of the Congo), Κονγκό (Republic of the Congo), �"ημοκρατία του Κονγκό (Republic of the Congo), ίογκό. (various references)

Italian

Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, The People's Republic of the Congo), COD:Kinshasa:nuovo zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo), CG (C.G., Consul General, Court of Justice, Republic of the Congo), CD (candela, certificate of deposit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, deposit certificate), Repubblica popolare del Congo (The People's Republic of the Congo), Repubblica democratica del Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Repubblica del Congo (Republic of the Congo). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

コロンブスの卵 (Columbus Day, Columbus' egg, computer graphics, conc., concentrated, concert, concert hall, concert master, concertante, concise, conclave, concord, Concorde, concourse, concrete, concrete block, concrete jungle, concrete mixer, concrete pile, concurrent, conga, conglomerate, conglomerate merchant, congratulations, congress, congress gaiters, conscious, conservation, conservative, conservator, conservatory, consultant, consultant engineer, consulting, consulting sales, consumer, Consumer Interpole, consumering, consumerism, consumers' relation, consumers' research, consumption, contest, CR). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

コンゴ . (various references)

Korean 

콩� . (various references)

Pig Latin

ongocay

Polish

rzeka Kongo (Zaire). (various references)

Portuguese

Congo-Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo), congo, CG (Left Unity Group, Republic of the Congo), República do Congo (Republic of the Congo). (various references)

Russian 

Конго (Zaire). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kongo. (various references)

Spanish

Congo (gong, Republic of the Congo). (various references)

Swedish

Kongo (Republic of the Congo). (various references)

Tagalog

Konggo (Zaire). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "Congo": congoes, congos, congou, congous. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Congo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chongil, Chongo, Chongup, Choong, cigno, Cingoz, Cogniot, cogno, Congsoc, Connop, Coong, Copgo, Cung, Cuong, Dongo, Econo, Kengo, Pongo, Rongo, Shiongo, Toungoo, Yongbo. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cogon.

-1 letter: coon, goon.

-2 letters: cog, con, coo, goo, nog, noo.

-3 letters: go, no, on.

+1 letter: cogons, congos, congou, cooing.

+2 letters: cologne, congoes, congous, cooking, cooling, cooping, locoing, octagon.

+3 letters: choosing, cognomen, cognovit, cologned, colognes, coloring, conglobe, cooeeing, cooeying, cooingly, cookings, coopting, crooking, crooning, geoponic, gnomonic, golconda, gonocyte, isogonic, mooching, neologic, octagons, oncogene, oncology, oncoming, orogenic, pooching, scooping, scooting, soochong, souchong, zoogenic.

+4 letters: agronomic, ascogonia, chromogen, cocooning, cognation, cognition, cognomens, cognomina, cognovits, cohosting, cojoining, colorings, colouring, commonage, commoving, composing, condoling, condoning, conglobed, conglobes, congruous, connoting, consignor, consoling, contagion, convoking, convoying, coopering, cordoning, corroding, cosmogony, cottoning, couponing, cuckooing, doctoring, dodecagon, ergonomic, golcondas, gonococci, gonocytes, gooseneck, guncotton, honchoing, iconology, incognito, isogonics, longicorn, monogamic, monogenic, necrology, noncoking, nosologic, octagonal, oncogenes, oncogenic, oncologic, oncomings, oogenetic, recooking, schooling, scrooping, smooching, soochongs, souchongs, theogonic, vagotonic.