Kongo
Americannoun
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a member of an Indigenous people living in west-central Africa along the lower course of the Congo River.
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Also called Kikongo. the Bantu language of the Kongo people, used as a lingua franca in the lower Congo River basin.
noun
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a member of a Negroid people of Africa living in the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), Congo Brazzaville, and Angola
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the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
Example Sentences
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"Plastic pollution has reached alarming levels," said Vincent Kunda, head of Kongo River, an NGO which raises awareness of the scourge.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Yet, the four classical elements are one of civilization’s great unifiers, a cosmological theory shared by the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Mahabhuta, the Kongo cosmogram, the Indigenous medicine wheel and the zodiac.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023
Among the faithful was Clément L’onde, who travelled from Kisantu, a town in the province of Central Kongo, more than 150 kilometers from Kinshasa.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023
Nzinga found allies in the kingdom of Kongo.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Their report was only off by a hair; the Kongo people made remarkable textiles by beating the fibrous bark of certain trees, or weaving thread from the raffia palm.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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