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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