Belgian Congo

English

Proper noun

the Belgian Congo

1. (historical) A Belgian colony in Africa, the successor to King Leopold II of Belgium's Congo Free State and predecessor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [from 1908 to 1960]

Translations

Belgian colony

• Dutch: Belgisch-Congo n, Belgisch-Kongo (nl) n
• Esperanto: Belga Kongo
• Finnish: Belgian Kongo
• French: Congo belge (fr) m
• German: Belgisch-Kongo m
• Irish: Congó na Beilge m
• Italian: Congo Belga
• Portuguese: Congo Belga m
• Romanian: Congo Belgian m
• Spanish: Congo Belga m
• Swedish: Belgiska Kongo