Zaïre
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Zaïre
- Alternative spelling of Zaire: (historical) A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French Zaïre; ultimately from Kongo nzere, a truncation of nzadi o nzere (“river swallowing rivers”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Zaïre n
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Zaïre m
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- la République du Zaïre
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