zaire
noun
a paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta.
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zaire
1 American
[zah-eer, zah-eer]
/ zɑˈɪər, ˈzɑ ɪər /
noun
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zaire
plural
Zaire
2
American
[zah-eer, zah-eer]
/ zɑˈɪər, ˈzɑ ɪər /
Or
Zaïre
noun
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Republic of Zaire, a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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official name within the Democratic Republic of the Congo of the Congo River (the term Congo River is more widely used elsewhere).
Zaïre
British
/ zɑːˈɪə /
noun
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the former name (1971–97) of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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(formerly) the Zaïrian name (1971–97) for the (River) Congo
Zaire
Cultural
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A vessel took us to Cayenne, where we secured a passage on board one of the steamers of the French Transatlantic Aspinwall line, the Ville de St. Na- zaire, which conveyed us to Europe.
From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Jules Verne
There is a licensed vaccine against the Zaire species of Ebola, but it does not work against Bundibugyo.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Existing Ebola vaccines, developed between 2018 and 2019, are only effective against the Zaire strain, which caused previous major outbreaks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Vaccines targeting Zaire ebolavirus have proven highly effective, and two antiviral treatments have reduced mortality rates from 50% to 35%.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
When France won the World Cup in 2018, 16 of the 23 players on the team came from families that recently immigrated from places like Zaire, Cameroon, Morocco, Angola, Congo or Algeria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
To this day, the first human case of Ebola Zaire has never been identified.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
DR Congo - which is currently facing its 17th outbreak of Ebola - is more familiar with the Zaïre species.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
The limited testing that was available in the province was testing for the Zaïre strain and not coming up positive.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
THE BUILDUP: Foreman and Ali spent much of the middle of 1974 training in Zaïre, getting acclimated to its tropical climate.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2016
The copper and cobalt mines of Shaba are responsible for two-thirds of the nation's foreign exchange earnings, and Zaïre needs them to survive.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Portuguese discoveries utilized by Dapper thus corrupted to the sonorous Zaïre, the barbarous Nzadi applied by the natives to the lower bed.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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