Congo
pronunciation
How to pronounce Congo in British English:
UK ['kɒŋɡəʊ]
How to pronounce Congo in American English:
US ['kɑŋɡoʊ]
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- Noun:
- black tea grown in China
Word Origin
- Congo
- African nation, named for the river that runs through it, which is from a Bantu word meaning "mountains" (i.e., the river that flows from the mountains). As an adjective, Congoese is native English (1797) but has been supplanted by Congolese (1900), from French Congolais.
Example
- 1. In congo , you could be dead of cholera .
- 2. This launched the first congo war .
- 3. But congo is not uganda .
- 4. In 1961 , the world was watching congo .
- 5. The democratic republic of congo is a country rich with rumours .