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Congo vs Kongo - What's the difference?

congo | kongo |

As proper nouns the difference between congo and kongo

is that congo is a country in Central Africa with Brazzaville as capital. Official name: Republic of the Congo while Kongo is a Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa.

congo

English

(wikipedia Congo)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in Central Africa with Brazzaville as capital. Official name: Republic of the Congo.
  • A country in Central Africa with Kinshasa as capital. Official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • A large river in Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Synonyms

    * (country with Brazzaville as capital) Congo-Brazzaville * (country with Kinshasa as capital) Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, (formerly) Zaire, Former Zaire

    Derived terms

    * Congolese

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    kongo

    English

    (Kongo language)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa
  • Synonyms

    * Kikongo