Kinshasa
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Kongo [Term?] (“the salt market”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɑːsə
- IPA(key): /kɪnˈʃɑːsə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
editKinshasa
- The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.
Synonyms
edit- Leopoldville (obsolete)
Translations
editthe capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editProper noun
editKinshasa
- Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Derived terms
editCzech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKinshasa f (related adjective kinshaský)
- Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “Kinshasa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
editEtymology
editNamed after a nearby village.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKinshasa n
- Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Synonyms
edit- Leopoldstad (historical)
- Leopoldville (historical)
French
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKinshasa m
- Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Synonym: (historical) Léopoldville
Derived terms
editPortuguese
editProper noun
editKinshasa f
- Alternative spelling of Quinxassa
Slovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKinshasa f (genitive singular Kinshasy, declension pattern of žena)
- Kinshasa (the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
edit- “Kinshasa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
editProper noun
editKinshasa ?
- Alternative form of Kinsasa
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- English terms derived from Kongo
- Rhymes:English/ɑːsə
- Rhymes:English/ɑːsə/3 syllables
- English 3-syllable words
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- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- af:National capitals
- af:Places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- cs:National capitals
- cs:Places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- nl:National capitals
- nl:Places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- French 3-syllable words
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- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French terms spelled with K
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- fr:National capitals
- fr:Places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
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- Slovak feminine nouns
- sk:Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- sk:National capitals
- sk:Places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K