Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to either the Republic of the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo or to their peoples, languages, or cultures.
- adjective Of or relating to the region surrounding the Congo River or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
- noun A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the area surrounding the Congo River.
- noun A person of Congolese ancestry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Kongo region, especially to the Kongo Free State. Also
Kongolese .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of the Congo region or its people.
- noun a native or inhabitant of the Republic of Congo.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person from the
Republic of the Congo - noun A person from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire ) - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to the Republic of
Congo , its people or language. - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to the Democratic Republic of
Congo , its people or language.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region or its people
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Congolese from the North, the South, the East and the West have said NO to Sassou.
Global Voices in English » Congo Brazzaville: Disappointment at Presidential election 2009
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The misfortune of the Congolese is that they possess tremendous natural wealth.
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The misfortune of the Congolese is that they possess tremendous natural wealth.
Archive 2008-02-24 2008
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(Soundbite of music) FRANCO: (Singing) (Foreign language spoken) MILES: The early style of Franco and other groundbreaking bandleaders like Grand Kalle was called Congolese rumba, but that term was about as exact as jazz.
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(Soundbite of music) FRANCO: (Singing) (Foreign language spoken) MILES: The early style of Franco and other groundbreaking bandleaders like Grand Kalle was called Congolese rumba, but that term was about as exact as jazz.
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Something similar was happening half a world away in central Africa, where the loose aggregation of musicians featured on this ebullient compilation were forging a Latin-inflected strain of sub-Saharan dance music that came to be known as Congolese rumba.
Lost tracks: "Roots of OK Jazz, Congo Classics 1955-1956" Bill Friskics-Warren 2010
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The mission also has been charged with supporting a ragtag Congolese force of 30,000 soldiers cobbled together from a defeated national army and several of the rebel groups who vanquished it in 1996.
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But what matters to the Congolese are the elections, on which many are setting great hopes.
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But what matters to the Congolese are the elections, on which many are setting great hopes.
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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But what matters to the Congolese are the elections, on which many are setting great hopes.
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