Crossword clues for congolese
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Congolese \Congolese\ n. a native or inhabitant of the Republic of Congo.
Congolese \Congolese\ adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Congo region or its people; as, Congolese rulers; the Congolese republic.
Wikipedia
Congolese may refer to:
- Something of, from, or related to the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), in Africa, located west of the Congo River
- Something of, from, or related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Africa, through which the Congo River flows
- Something of, from, or related to the former French Congo, in Africa, the modern-day Republic of the Congo
- Something of, from, or related to the former Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), in Africa, the modern-day Democratic Republic
- Something of, from, or related to the former Belgian Congo, in Africa, the predecessor of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
- Something of, from, or related to the former Congo Free State, in Africa, the predecessor of the Belgian Congo
- Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group who live along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo) to Luanda, Angola, primarily defined by speaking of the common language Kikongo
- Kongo language, the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo and Bandundu people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Angola
- Congolese cuisine
- Congolese people (disambiguation)
Usage examples of "congolese".
And likewise no way for the Congolese or their colleagues to determine that antiblack, apartheid South Africa was writing the checks to finance this whole operation.
The rebels killed thousands in a rampage apparently driven by interethnic rivalries, hostility toward Congolese officials of any kind, and a response in kind to the colonial racial policies of the past.
God-fearing Kivutian, who loves the Congo and wishes to remain a Congolese patriot under one decent and efficient government in Kinshasa if you wish to drive the Rwandan butchers and exploiters back across their borders one and all then kindly stay exactly where you are.
Unconfirmed reports from the Congolese capital Kinshasa speak of a spontaneous outbreak of fighting between rival militias in the eastern region of the country.
I listen to Gavin, our Central Africa correspondent, giving us the story so far: According to the Congolese government in Kinshasa, a Rwandan-backed putsch has been nipped in the bud, thanks to a brilliantly executed security operation based on first-class intelligence.
She sang in Yoruban, Congolese, and Mandingo, and even those who did not understand listened to her, enthralled.
He moved with subtle tact from Yoruban to Congolese and from Congolese to Mandingo, and she followed suit with grace and fluency.
A potbellied Congolese policeman with blue-black skin, a presidential air of self-importance, and a wen under his left eye sat in the anteroom behind a flyspecked desk, reading a French-language newspaper whose headline proclaimed afrry disaster on the Kilombo River, the same muddy watercourse that flowed past Mogado.
There were just too many Simbas, and though quite a few still had only spears or bows and arrows, most had FALs and other automatic weaponry captured from the ANC, the Congolese Army.
This African had been a lieutenant in the Congolese Military Intelligence and had often called at our mess.
If the Baptists hadn’t taken upon themselves the religious conversion of the Congolese.
Even in the grocery store, surrounded in one aisle by more kinds of food than will ever be known in a Congolese lifetime, there was nothing on the air but a vague, disinfected emptiness.
Anne Mairs and Eric Peterson helped sort out details of Kikongo grammar and Congolese life.
Finally, undefeated but running out of ammunition, the mercenaries had vacated the Congolese lakeside city, walked across the bridge into neighboring Rwanda, and allowed themselves, with Red Cross guarantees which the Red Cross could not possibly fulfill, to be disarmed.