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- congoCongregationalist
- KinshasaThe capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.
- pinderA peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
- gooberA peanut.
- pongoA soldier.
- dingolayTo perform a kind of lively dance with hand movements.
- jumbieA ghost or evil spirit.
- jumbie beadA jequirity bean, the seed of the jequirity plant (Abrus precatorius) used in beadwork or making percussion instruments.
- KikongoSynonym of Kongo (“the language”)
- likutaA former unit of currency, one hundredth of a zaïre.
- moko jumbieA carnival performer in the Caribbean who walks or dances on stilts.
- nkisiA spirit, or an object inhabited by a spirit, in Bantu religious beliefs.
- NzadiA people, who live on the Kasai River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- sengiAny of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae within the Macroscelidea order, native to Africa.