Zaire
pronunciation
How to pronounce Zaire in British English:
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- Noun:
- the basic unit of money in Zaire
Word Origin
- Zaire
- African nation (1971-1997), from an early alternative name of the Congo River, from Kikongo nzai, dialectal form of nzadi "river."
Example
- 1. I am going to do china the favour of not treating it like zaire .
- 2. This is what brought about the end of dictatorships in the philippines , zaire and iran .
- 3. Zaire is bigger , but lacks the wherewithal .
- 4. Mobutu sese seko , despot of zaire , as he called congo , gave himself a name to inspire little confidence in his marriage vows .
- 5. In an extractive economy , such as the belgian congo and its successor state , zaire , a narrow elite seizes power and uses its control of resources to prevent social change .