Belgian Congo

Belgian Congo

See Congo.

Belgian Congo

n (Placename) a former name (1908–60) of Congo¹

Bel′gian Con′go

n. a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Belgian Congo - a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ZaireGoma - a city in eastern Congo at the northern end of Lake Kivu near the border with RwandaKananga, Luluabourg - a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was LuluabourgKinshasa, Leopoldville - the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite BrazzavilleElisabethville, Lubumbashi - a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was ElisabethvilleNyamuragira - an active volcano in eastern CongoNyiragongo - an active volcano in eastern CongoAfrica - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian OceanCongo River, Zaire River, Congo - a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South AtlanticKasai, Kasai River, River Kasai - a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the CongoKivu, Lake Kivu - a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and RwandaLake Edward - a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and UgandaChiluba, Luba - a member of a Bantu people in southeastern CongoCongolese - a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the CongoZairean, Zairese - a native or inhabitant of Zaire