Etymology

Kinshasa

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Today it means: The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River. Full definition →

Kongo [Term?]
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  1. Kongo · derived from[Term?]“the salt market”
  2. English todayKinshasa

From Kongo [Term?] (“the salt market”).

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