Cong
noun
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Cong
1 American
[kong]
/ kɒŋ /
noun
cong.
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American
abbreviation
Cong.
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American
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Congregational.
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Congregationalist.
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Congress.
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Congressional.
Cong.
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Congregational
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Congress
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Congressional
cong.
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obsolete pharmacol congius
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congregation
Etymology
Origin of Cong1
By shortening
Origin of cong.2
From the Latin word congius
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Fifty years ago, the teenage Vance was sent to Vietnam and hunted down Viet Cong forces in the Mekong Delta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Viet Cong could detect U.S. soldiers by their soap and aftershave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong used miles-long tunnel networks to hide from U.S. air power and ambush the U.S. military.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Doan Van Cong, 68, and his family spent years touring cemeteries and talking to witnesses to discover what happened to his uncle, who died in 1950, when he was in his early 20s.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The long, dangerous night, when the Viet Cong were most active, was divided into two-hour shifts.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
Executive document, No. 271, H. of R., 28th cong., 1st sess., p.
From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Brantz Mayer
No. 4, 29th cong. 2d sess.—H. of R. doc.
From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Brantz Mayer
No. 337, 29th cong. 1st sess.—H. of R. doc.
From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Brantz Mayer
No. 271, H. of R., 28 cong., 1st sess. p.
From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Brantz Mayer
May Wright, lectures in Calif, 28; organizes in Ind, 171;work in Wis, 701; 772;at cong. in Budapest, 859.Sexton,
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Ida Husted Harper
“More liberal than I but she has ability to get things done and she’s given a tremendous service to our Cong. & country,” Murtha wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2021
Committee on the District of Columbia, Report. 40th Cong., 2nd sess.,
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2017
“He walked through the Viet Cong. He’s going to be afraid of Seve?”
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 15, 2016
There were about the same number of Republican primary voters in Manhattan as caucused in the Cong. district around Manhattan, Kansas.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2016
“Surely the Cong. Union will not gain converts by such undignified actions. I hope thee will call it off.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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