English > Zaire: 2 senses > noun 2, location| Meaning | A republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960. |
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| Synonyms | Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgian Congo |
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| Instance of | African country, African nation | Any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
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| Members | Congolese | A native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo |
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| Luba, Chiluba | A member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo |
| Zairese, Zairean | A native or inhabitant of Zaire |
| Part of | Africa | The second largest continent |
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| Parts | Congo, Congo River, Zaire River | A major African river (one of the world's longest) |
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| Goma | A city in eastern Congo at the northern end of Lake Kivu near the border with Rwanda |
| Kananga, Luluabourg | A city in southwestern Congo |
| Kasai, Kasai River, River Kasai | A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo |
| Kinshasa, Leopoldville | The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville |
| Kivu, Lake Kivu | A lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda |
| Lake Edward | A lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda |
| Lubumbashi, Elisabethville | A city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia |
| Nyamuragira | An active volcano in eastern Congo |
| Nyiragongo | An active volcano in eastern Congo |
| Spanish | Congo belga, Congo Kinshasa, República Democrática del Congo, Zaire |
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| Catalan | Congo belga, Congo Belga, Congo Kinshasa, República Democràtica del Congo, Zaire |
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| Adjectives | Zairean, Zairese | of or relating to or characteristic of Zaire or its people |
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