Democratic Republic of the Congo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ðə ˈkɒŋɡəʊ/

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Proper noun

the Democratic Republic of the Congo

2. A country in Central Africa. Capital: Kinshasa
   • 2022 December 19, Patrick Greenfield, Phoebe Weston, “Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s negotiator appeared to block the final deal presented by China, telling the plenary that he could not support the agreement in its current form because it did not create a new fund for biodiversity, separate to the existing UN fund, the global environment facility (GEF).

Usage notes

Though not official, the form Democratic Republic of Congo is attested and indeed slightly more common.

Synonyms

• Congo
• Congo-Kinshasa
• Congo-Zaire
• DRC (abbreviation)
• DR Congo (partial abbreviation)
• Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Republic of the Congo, Zaire (names of predecessors of the modern state)

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Related terms

• Republic of the Congo, a country in Africa whose capital is Brazzaville

Translations

large central African nation, formerly called Zaire

• Afrikaans: Demokratiese Republiek van die Kongo (af)
• Albanian: Republika Demokratike e Kongos (sq) f
• Amharic: ኮንጎ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ (kongo dimokrasiyawi ripäblik)
• Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَّة الْكُونْغُو الدِّيمُقْرَاطِيَّة‎ f (jumhūriyyat al-konḡō d-dimuqrāṭiyya)
• Armenian: Կոնգոյի Դեմոկրատական Հանրապետություն (Kongoyi Demokratakan Hanrapetutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: Konqo Demokratik Respublikası
• Belarusian: Дэмакраты́чная Рэспу́бліка Ко́нга f (Demakratýčnaja Respúblika Kónha)
• Bengali: গণতান্ত্রিক কঙ্গো প্রজাতন্ত্র (bn) (gonotantrik koṅgō projatontro)
• Bulgarian: Демократи́чна репу́блика Ко́нго f (Demokratíčna repúblika Kóngo)
• Burmese: ကွန်ဂိုဒီမိုကရက်တစ်သမ္မတ (kwan-guidimuika.raktacsamma.ta.)
• Catalan: República Democràtica del Congo (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剛果民主共和國／刚果民主共和国 (zh) (Gāngguǒ mínzhǔ gònghéguó), 剛果（金）／刚果（金） (Gāngguǒ jīn)

• Czech: Konžská demokratická republika (cs) f, Demokratická republika Kongo (cs) f
• Danish: Demokratiske Republik Congo (da), Congo Kinshasa, DR Congo, Belgisk Congo
• Dutch: Democratische Republiek Congo (nl) f
• Esperanto: Demokratia Respubliko Kongo
• Estonian: Kongo Demokraatlik Vabariik (et), Kongo DV, Kongo DV
• Finnish: Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta (fi)
• French: République Démocratique du Congo (fr) f
• Georgian: კონგოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა (ḳongos demoḳraṭiuli resṗubliḳa)
• German: Demokratische Republik Kongo (de) f
• Greek: Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό (el) f (Laïkí Dimokratía tou Kongkó)
• Hausa: Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kwango, Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kongo
• Hebrew: הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו‎
• Hindi: कांगो लोकतान्त्रिक गणराज्य (hi) m (kāṅgo loktāntrik gaṇrājya)
• Hungarian: Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság (hu)
• Icelandic: Lýðræðislega Lýðveldið Kongó n, Austur-Kongó, Kongó-Kinsasa
• Indonesian: Republik Demokratik Kongo (id)
• Irish: Poblacht Dhaonlathach an Chongó f
• Italian: Repubblica Democratica del Congo f
• Japanese: コンゴ民主共和国 (ja) (コンゴみんしゅきょうわこく, Kongo minshu kyōwakoku)
• Kazakh: Конго Демократиялық Республикасы (Koño Demokratiälyq Respublikasy)
• Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាធិបតេយ្យកុងហ្គោ (km) (sathéarnârdthâbrâchéathĭbtéyyôkŏnggoŭ)
• Kongo: Repubilika ya Kôngo ya Dimokalasi
• Korean: 콩고 민주 공화국 (Konggo minju gonghwaguk)
• Kyrgyz: Конго Демократиялык Республикасы (ky) (Kongo Demokratiyalık Respublikası)
• Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາທິປະໄຕຄອງໂກ (sā thā la na lat pa sā thi pa tai khǭng kō)
• Latvian: Kongo Demokrātiskā Republika f
• Lingala: Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki
• Lithuanian: Kongo Demokratinė Respublika (lt) f
• Luba-Katanga: Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata
• Macedonian: Демократска Република Конго f (Demokratska Republika Kongo)
• Malay: Republik Demokratik Congo
• Maori: te Whenua o Kōngo, Kōngo
• Mingrelian: კონგოშ დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა (ḳongoš demoḳraṭiuli resṗubliḳa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Бүгд Найрамдах Ардчилсан Конго Улс (Bügd Najramdax Ardčilsan Kongo Uls)

• Norman: Républyique Démocratique du Congo f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Den demokratiske republikken Kongo (no) m

• Persian: جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو‎ (jomhuri-ye demokrâtik-e kongo)
• Polish: Demokratyczna Republika Konga (pl) f
• Portuguese: República Democrática do Congo (pt) f
• Romanian: Republica Democrată Congo f
• Russian: Демократи́ческая Респу́блика Ко́нго (ru) f (Demokratíčeskaja Respúblika Kóngo)
• Scots: Democratic Republic o the Congo
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Демократска Република Конго f

  Roman: Demokratska Republika Kongo f

• Sinhalese: කොන්ගෝ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනරජය (kongō prajātantrawādī janarajaya)
• Slovak: Konžská demokratická republika f
• Slovene: Demokratična republika Kongo f
• Spanish: República Democrática del Congo (es) f
• Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (sw)
• Tagalog: Demokratikong Republika ng Congo
• Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Демократии Конго (Jumhuriyi Demokratiyi Kongo)
• Thai: สาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยคองโก (th) (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-típ-bpà-dtai kɔng-gôo)
• Turkish: Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti (tr)
• Turkmen: Kongo Demokratik Respublikasy
• Ukrainian: Демократи́чна Респу́бліка Ко́нго (uk) f (Demokratýčna Respúblika Kónho)
• Uzbek: Kongo Demokratik Respublikasi (uz)
• Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Dân chủ Công-gô
• Yiddish: דעמאָקראַטישע רעפּובליק פֿון קאָנגאָ‎ (demokratishe republik fun kongo)
• Yoruba: Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira Olóṣèlú ilẹ̀ Kóngò

See also

• Congo-Brazzaville
• Republic of Congo
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}