Cong

¹

[kong]

noun

1. Informal.,  Vietcong.

cong.

²

abbreviation

1. gallon.

Cong.

³

abbreviation

1. Congregational.

2. Congregationalist.

3. Congress.

4. Congressional.

Cong.

¹

abbreviation

1. Congregational

2. Congress

3. Congressional

cong.

²

abbreviation

1. obsolete,  pharmacol congius

2. congregation

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cong¹

By shortening

Origin of Cong²

From the Latin word congius

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cong¹

(for sense 1) Latin: gallon

Example Sentences

Rounding out the pairs were home favourites Han Cong and Sui Wenjing, who made it onto the podium in their first competitive appearance since they won gold at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

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Starring James Norton and created by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the period drama is inspired by the brewery's legacy, selecting Penrhyn Castle for its "many parallels" with the Guinness original family home, Ashford Castle, in Cong, County Mayo, Ireland.

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In a scathing rejection of his newest work, Bernard Quint, art director at Life magazine, wrote on Nov. 28, 1967, “From looking at your drawings, I would gather that only American G.I.’s are guilty of poking their daggers into Christ-like Vietnamese and obviously Hanoi and the Viet Cong are blank pieces of paper which symbolize innocence.”

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Turning Point admirably points to the pejorative nature of the term “Viet Cong” to refer to the National Liberation Front, but it is less successful in clarifying for viewers that the NLF was comprised of southern Vietnamese.

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“I’m gonna go to Vietnam/I’m gonna kill some Viet Cong,” he half sings.

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