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Meanings of Belgian Congo in English

Portuguese
república democrática do congo
Catalan
congo belga

A republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960.

república democrática do congo
Synonyms
Examples for "Congo"
Examples for "Congo"
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However, Congo said later it expected the EU to send only equipment.
Reuters
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The history of Leopold's rule over the Congo has long been known.
The Guardian
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The new Congo law is a step in that direction, he added.
Reuters
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They follow similar deals with Ghana, Cameroon and Congo Republic last year.
Reuters
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South Africa also opposed the resolution, while Qatar, Indonesia, and Congo abstained.
Reuters
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It has borders with Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania.
Reuters
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The virus has spread to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Guardian
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Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo also contributed to the rise.
Reuters
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That only leaves the Democratic Republic of the Congo to rival Sudan's potential.
Reuters
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I was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the genocide.
The Guardian
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In eastern Zaire, the mainly Banyamulenge rebels are fighting Zairean government troops.
The Irish Times
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The country's name was changed from Zaire to Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Irish Times
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Shannon has tabbed QB Malik Zaire to make his second consecutive start.
Reuters
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President Mobuto's Zaire is ending as it began, in outright military dictatorship.
The Irish Times
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We might need to buy somewhere like Zaire and maybe some islands.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
Usage of Belgian Congo in English
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Either in the Amazon jungle or the Belgian Congo, I forget which.
Boy’s Life
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Officers, Europeans and troops who are natives of Africa and Belgian Congo.
Fighting France
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It was formerly the Belgian Congo, and was a colony until 1960.
The new yorker
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The Zoo expected two giant touracos from the Belgian Congo that afternoon.
The new yorker
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He had fled from the country known in those days as the Belgian Congo.
Kennedy's brain
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The Belgian Congo has just obtained its independence from Belgium.
True compass: a memoir
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When Dad was my age, he went searching for uranium mines in the Belgian Congo.
The Book of Skulls
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Even at the time, the Belgian Congo shocked people.
The Guardian
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Damon, you're lost in the Belgian Congo where you have been put under a spell.
Go Set a Watchman
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Koprowski tested his oral vaccine in the Belgian Congo.
Wired
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Their life-plan was to be geologists & go to Lake Kivu in the Belgian Congo.
The new yorker
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Look at some of the horrors and mistakes that have happened-inAlgeria, Egypt, the Belgian Congo.
The clouds beneath the sun
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He met Huston in the Belgian Congo, where Huston was filming "The African Queen."
The new yorker
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It will contain the history of the Belgian Congo, and of the rubber industry in South America.
Our Lady Saint Mary
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Independence movements were sweeping the continent-violentlyin some places, such as Kenya, Algeria, and the Belgian Congo.
An ordinary man
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The two sisters had laughed together in front of an African hut in the Belgian Congo sector.
The whole world: a novel
Translations for Belgian Congo