congo

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
noun a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic
noun a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960

It is the Belgian Congo. — An African Adventure, Isaac Frederick Marcosson
As he looked at Congo, he exclaimed, "Poetry! — Free Air, Sinclair Lewis
"Softly, Congo," directed the colonel, after a time. — The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure, Rex Beach

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgian Congo

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