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Congo vs Soukous - What's the difference?

congo | soukous |

As a proper noun Congo

is a country in Central Africa with Brazzaville as capital. Official name: Republic of the Congo.

As a noun soukous is

a genre of African popular music resembling rumba, which originated in the Congo region in the 1930s.

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

    * ----

    soukous

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (music) A genre of African popular music resembling rumba, which originated in the Congo region in the 1930s
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 18, author=Kelefa Sanneh, title=Preppie Afro-Pop and Other Odd Blends, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The title makes reference to Congolese soukous music, and so does Mr. Koenig’s guitar figure. }}

    See also

    *(wikipedia "soukous")