Congo

//ˈkɒŋɡəʊ// intj, name, noun, slang

intj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Congregationalist informal
  2. 2
    Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    black tea grown in China wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    congratulations India
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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).
  2. 2
    A locality in the Eurobodalla council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. 3
    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).
  4. 4
    A region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.
  5. 5
    A major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola.

Example

More examples

"Kinshasa is the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo."

Etymology

Etymology 1

After Kongo, from Kongo nkongo (“hunter”). Compare Kongo dikongo (“spear”), Zulu umkhonto, Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kóndó.

Etymology 2

Clipping of Congregationalist + -o.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.