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• Zairian
  Zairian

  adjective

  of or relating to Zaire or its people.
• Zaïrian
  Zaïrian

  adjective

  of or relating to the former Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) or its inhabitants

Zairian

American  

[zah-eer-ee-uhn] / zɑˈɪər i ən /

Or Zairean

adjective

1. of or relating to Zaire or its people.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Zaire.

Zaïrian British  

/ zɑːˈɪərɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the former Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Zaïre

Etymology

Origin of Zairian

First recorded in 1970–75; Zaire + -ian