Zaire
//zɑːˈɪəɹ//
"Zaire" in a Sentence (2 examples)
In 1971, the RDC was renamed Zaire.
Ebola got its name from the first documented outbreak, which occurred along the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, in 1976. Since then, there have been two dozen outbreaks of Ebola in Africa, including a current one that has infected nine people in the DRC. Three people have died.
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