Meanings
abbreviation DRC · abbreviation DR Congo · alternative Democratic Republic of Congo
- A country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo. Capital: Kinshasa.
The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.
2025 May 22, en, “Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC1 more example
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s negotiator appeared to block the final deal presented by China, telling the plenary that he could not support the agreement in its current form because it did not create a new fund for biodiversity, separate to the existing UN fund, the global environment facility (GEF).
2022 December 19, Patrick Greenfield, Phoebe Weston, “Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLCSynonyms: Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo-Kinshasa, Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo-Leopoldville, Republic of the Congo-Leopoldville
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo. Capital: Kinshasa.
Translations
Afrikaans Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo
- Demokratiese Republiek die Kongocountry in Central Africa
Arabic جُمْهُورِيَّة الْكُونْغُو الدِّيمُقْرَاطِيَّة
- جُمْهُورِيَّة الْكُونْغُو الدِّيمُقْرَاطِيَّة (jumhūriyyat al-konḡō d-dimuqrāṭiyya)country in Central Africa
Bengali গণতান্ত্রিক কঙ্গো প্রজাতন্ত্র
- গণতান্ত্রিক কঙ্গো প্রজাতন্ত্র (gonotantrik koṅgō projatontro)country in Central Africa
Bulgarian Демократи́чна репу́блика Ко́нго
- Демократи́чна репу́блика Ко́нго (Demokratíčna repúblika Kóngo)country in Central Africa
Catalan República Democràtica del Congo
- República Democràtica del Congocountry in Central Africa
Chinese Cantonese 剛果民主共和國 /刚果民主共和国, 民主剛果 /民主刚果
- 剛果民主共和國 /刚果民主共和国 (gong¹ gwo² man⁴ zyu² gung⁶ wo⁴ gwok³)country in Central Africa
- 民主剛果 /民主刚果 (man⁴ zyu² gong¹ gwo²)country in Central Africa
Chinese Mandarin 剛果民主共和國 /刚果民主共和国, 民主剛果 /民主刚果
- 剛果民主共和國 /刚果民主共和国 (Gāngguǒ Mínzhǔ Gònghéguó)country in Central Africa
- 民主剛果 /民主刚果 (Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ)country in Central Africa
Czech Konžská demokratická republika, Demokratická republika Kongo
- Konžská demokratická republikacountry in Central Africa
- Demokratická republika Kongocountry in Central Africa
Danish Demokratiske Republik Congo, DR Congo
- Demokratiske Republik Congocountry in Central Africa
- DR Congocountry in Central Africa
Dutch Democratische Republiek Congo
- Democratische Republiek Congocountry in Central Africa
Esperanto Demokratia Respubliko Kongo
- Demokratia Respubliko Kongocountry in Central Africa
Estonian Kongo Demokraatlik Vabariik, Kongo DV
- Kongo Demokraatlik Vabariikcountry in Central Africa
- Kongo DVcountry in Central Africa
Finnish Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta
- Kongon demokraattinen tasavaltacountry in Central Africa
French République démocratique du Congo
- République démocratique du Congocountry in Central Africa
German Demokratische Republik Kongo
- Demokratische Republik Kongocountry in Central Africa
Greek Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό
- Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό (Laïkí Dimokratía tou Kongkó)country in Central Africa
Hebrew הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו
- הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו (ha'republika ha'demokrat'it shel kongo)country in Central Africa
Hindi कांगो लोकतान्त्रिक गणराज्य
- कांगो लोकतान्त्रिक गणराज्य (kāṅgo loktāntrik gaṇrājya)country in Central Africa
Hungarian Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
- Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaságcountry in Central Africa
Icelandic Lýðræðislega Lýðveldið Kongó, Austur-Kongó
- Lýðræðislega Lýðveldið Kongócountry in Central Africa
- Austur-Kongócountry in Central Africa
Indonesian Republik Demokratik Kongo
- Republik Demokratik Kongocountry in Central Africa
Irish Poblacht Dhaonlathach an Chongó
- Poblacht Dhaonlathach an Chongócountry in Central Africa
Italian Repubblica Democratica del Congo
- Repubblica Democratica del Congocountry in Central Africa
Japanese コンゴ民主共和国
- コンゴ民主共和国 (Kongo minshu kyōwakoku)country in Central Africa
Korean 콩고 민주 공화국, 민주 콩고
- 콩고 민주 공화국 (Konggo minju gonghwaguk)country in Central Africa
- 민주 콩고 (Minju konggo)country in Central Africa
- 꽁고 민주주의 공화국 (Kkonggo minjujuui gonghwaguk)country in Central Africa
- 민주 꽁고 (Minju kkonggo)country in Central Africa
Latin Rēspūblica Democraticus Congī
- Rēspūblica Democraticus Congīcountry in Central Africa
Latvian Kongo Demokrātiskā Republika
- Kongo Demokrātiskā Republikacountry in Central Africa
Lithuanian Kongo Demokratinė Respublika
- Kongo Demokratinė Respublikacountry in Central Africa
Malay Republik Demokratik Congo
- Republik Demokratik Congocountry in Central Africa
Māori te Whenua o Kōngo
- te Whenua o Kōngocountry in Central Africa
Norwegian Bokmål Den demokratiske republikken Kongo
- Den demokratiske republikken Kongocountry in Central Africa
Persian جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو
- جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو (jomhuri-ye demokrâtik-e kongo)country in Central Africa
Polish Demokratyczna Republika Konga
- Demokratyczna Republika Kongacountry in Central Africa
Portuguese República Democrática do Congo
- República Democrática do Congocountry in Central Africa
Romanian Republica Democrată Congo
- Republica Democrată Congocountry in Central Africa
Russian Демократи́ческая Респу́блика Ко́нго
- Демократи́ческая Респу́блика Ко́нго (Demokratíčeskaja Respúblika Kóngo)country in Central Africa
Slovak Konžská demokratická republika
- Konžská demokratická republikacountry in Central Africa
Spanish República Democrática del Congo
- República Democrática del Congocountry in Central Africa
Swahili Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongocountry in Central Africa
Swedish Demokratiska republiken Kongo
- Demokratiska republiken Kongocountry in Central Africa
Tagalog Demokratikong Republika ng Congo
- Demokratikong Republika ng Congocountry in Central Africa
Tamil காங்கோ மக்களாட்சிக் குடியரசு
- காங்கோ மக்களாட்சிக் குடியரசு (kāṅkō makkaḷāṭcik kuṭiyaracu)country in Central Africa
Thai สาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยคองโก
- สาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยคองโก (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-típ-bpà-dtai kɔng-gôo)country in Central Africa
Turkish Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti
- Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeticountry in Central Africa
Ukrainian Демократи́чна Респу́бліка Ко́нго
- Демократи́чна Респу́бліка Ко́нго (Demokratýčna Respúblika Kónho)country in Central Africa
Vietnamese Cộng hoà Dân chủ Công-gô
- Cộng hoà Dân chủ Công-gôcountry in Central Africa
Yiddish דעמאָקראַטישע רעפּובליק פֿון קאָנגאָ
- דעמאָקראַטישע רעפּובליק פֿון קאָנגאָ (demokratishe republik fun kongo)country in Central Africa
Cite this entry
Democratic Republic of the Congo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Democratic%20Republic%20of%20the%20Congo
“Democratic Republic of the Congo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Democratic%20Republic%20of%20the%20Congo. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Democratic Republic of the Congo,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Democratic%20Republic%20of%20the%20Congo.
Source: Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.