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Kongo

Pronunciation: /¹ˈkɔŋ.ɡu/

“Kongo” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its meaning in English:

proper noun

  1. Kingdom of Kongo; a historical kingdom in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Africa, which existed from the late fourteenth century until 1914.

Etymology

Internationalism, based ultimately on Portuguese Congo, from the name of the Kongo people and their kingdom, perhaps from Kongo nkongo (“hunter”). Another proposal connects the ethnonym with konga (“to gather”); its precise formation remains uncertain. The river was named after the people and kingdom, and the two modern states were in turn named after the river. Parallel international adaptations…

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