Congolese

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/

Noun

Congolese (plural Congolese)

1. A person from the Congo or any Congolese state.
   1. A person from the Republic of the Congo.
   2. A person from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).

Translations

• French: Congolais, Congolaise
• German: Kongolese, Kongolesin
• Portuguese: congolês
• Russian: конголе́зец
• Spanish: congoleño congoleña

Translations

• French: Congolais de Brazzaville, Congolaise de Brazzaville, Brazza-Congolais
• Portuguese: congolês
• Russian: конголе́зец

Translations

• French: Congolais de Kinshasa, Congolaise de Kinshasa, Kino-Congolais
• German: der Demokratischen Republik Kongo
• Portuguese: congolês
• Russian: конголе́зец

Adjective

Congolese (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.
   • , Phillip Jones, Mariners, Merchants And The Military Too (ISBN 0956554946):

     Where there were disagreements between the Portuguese and Congolese authorities with regard to the trading in African slaves, these tended to be about numbers, rather than the trade in human beings itself. According to some sources, the Congolese monarch publicly expressed his concerns to the Portuguese representatives that some European traders were enslaving all African citizens,

   1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Republic of Congo or its people.
   2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Democratic Republic of Congo or its people.

Translations

• French: congolais, congolaise, brazza-congolais
• German: kongolesisch
• Portuguese: congolês
• Russian: конголе́зский
• Spanish: congoleño

Translations

• French: kino-congolais, congolais
• German: der Demokratischen Republik Kongo, kongolesisch
• Portuguese: congolês
• Russian: конголе́зский
• Spanish: congoleño

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