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CONGO
congou, congo, congou tea, English breakfast tea
(noun) black tea grown in China
Congo, Republic of the Congo, French Congo
(noun) a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgian Congo
(noun) a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
Congo, Congo River, Zaire River
(noun) a major African river (one of the world’s longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Congo
A country in Central Africa. Capital: Brazzaville. Official name: Republic of the Congo.
A country in Central Africa. Capital: Kinshasa. Official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo.
A large river in Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Synonyms
• (country with Brazzaville as capital): Congo-Brazzaville
• (country with Kinshasa as capital): Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, (formerly) Zaire, Former Zaire
Etymology 2
Noun
Congo (plural Congos)
(informal) Congregationalist
Anagrams
• cogon
Noun
congo (countable and uncountable, plural congos or congoes)
Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea.
Anagrams
• cogon
Source: Wiktionary
Con"go, Con"gou, n. Etym: [Chin. kung-foo labor.]
Definition: Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea. Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the "well worked", a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term "English breakfast tea." S. W. Williams.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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