Democratic Republic of the Congo

English

Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Alternative forms

• Democratic Republic of Congo (unofficial, but common)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛ.məˈkɹæ.tɪk ɹɪˈpʌ.blɪk əv ðə ˈkɒŋ.ɡəʊ/

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Proper noun

the Democratic Republic of the Congo (abbreviation DRC or DR Congo)

2. A country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo. Capital: Kinshasa.

   Synonyms: Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo-Kinshasa; (former names) Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo-Leopoldville, Republic of the Congo-Leopoldville, Republic of the Congo-Kinshasa, Zaire

   Hypernyms: Subsahara < Africa

   • 2022 December 19, Patrick Greenfield, Phoebe Weston, “Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     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).

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   • 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^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     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”.

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Usage notes

Though not official, the form Democratic Republic of Congo is attested and just as common.

Translations

country in Central Africa — see also DRC,‎ DR Congo

• Afrikaans: Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo
• Albanian: Republika Demokratike e Kongos (sq) f
• Amharic: ኮንጎ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ (kongo dimokrasiyawi ripäblik)
• Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَّة الْكُونْغُو الدِّيمُقْرَاطِيَّة f (jumhūriyyat al-konḡō d-dimuqrāṭiyya)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܹܝܡܘܿܩܪܵܛܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ f (quṭnāyūṯā dēmōqrāṭāyṯā d-kōngō)

• Armenian: Կոնգոյի Դեմոկրատական Հանրապետություն (Kongoyi Demokratakan Hanrapetutʻyun)
• Asturian: República Democrática d'El Congu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Konqo Demokratik Respublikası
• Belarusian: Дэмакраты́чная Рэспу́бліка Ко́нга f (Demakratýčnaja Respúblika Kónha)
• Bengali: গণতান্ত্রিক কঙ্গো প্রজাতন্ত্র (bn) (gonotantrik koṅgō projatontro)
• Bulgarian: Демократи́чна репу́блика Ко́нго f (Demokratíčna repúblika Kóngo)
• Burmese: ကွန်ဂိုဒီမိုကရက်တစ်သမ္မတ (kwan-guidimuika.raktacsamma.ta.)
• Catalan: República Democràtica del Congo (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 剛果民主共和國 / 刚果民主共和国 (gong¹ gwo² man⁴ zyu² gung⁶ wo⁴ gwok³), 民主剛果 / 民主刚果 (man⁴ zyu² gong¹ gwo²)

  Mandarin: 剛果民主共和國 / 刚果民主共和国 (zh) (Gāngguǒ Mínzhǔ Gònghéguó), 民主剛果 / 民主刚果 (Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ)

• Czech: Konžská demokratická republika (cs) f, Demokratická republika Kongo (cs) f
• Danish: Demokratiske Republik Congo (da), DR Congo
• Dutch: Democratische Republiek Congo (nl) f
• Esperanto: Demokratia Respubliko Kongo
• Estonian: Kongo Demokraatlik Vabariik (et), Kongo DV
• Finnish: Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta (fi)
• French: République démocratique du Congo (fr) f
• Georgian: კონგოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა (ḳongos demoḳraṭiuli resṗubliḳa)
• German: Demokratische Republik Kongo (de) f
• Greek: Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό (el) f (Laïkí Dimokratía tou Kongkó)
• Hausa: Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kwango, Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kongo
• Hebrew: הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו (ha'republika ha'demokrat'it shel kongo)
• Hindi: कांगो लोकतान्त्रिक गणराज्य (hi) m (kāṅgo loktāntrik gaṇrājya)
• Hungarian: Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság (hu)
• Icelandic: Lýðræðislega Lýðveldið Kongó n, Austur-Kongó
• Indonesian: Republik Demokratik Kongo (id)
• Irish: Poblacht Dhaonlathach an Chongó f
• Italian: Repubblica Democratica del Congo (it) f
• Japanese: コンゴ民主共和国 (ja) (Kongo minshu kyōwakoku)
• Kazakh: Конго Демократиялық Республикасы (kk) (Kongo Demokratıyalıq Respuwbliykası)
• Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាធិបតេយ្យកុងហ្គោ (km) (sathéarnârdthâbrâchéathĭbtéyyôkŏnggoŭ)
• Kongo: Repubilika ya Kôngo ya Dimokalasi
• Korean: 콩고 민주 공화국 (ko) (Konggo minju gonghwaguk), 민주 콩고 (Minju konggo); 꽁고 민주주의 공화국 (Kkonggo minjujuui gonghwaguk) (North Korea), 민주 꽁고 (Minju kkonggo)
• Kyrgyz: Конго Демократиялык Республикасы (ky) (Kongo Demokratiyalık Respublikası)
• Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາທິປະໄຕຄອງໂກ (sā thā la na lat pa sā thi pa tai khǭng kō)
• Latin: Rēspūblica Democraticus Congī f
• Latvian: Kongo Demokrātiskā Republika (lv) f
• Lingala: Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki
• Lithuanian: Kongo Demokratinė Respublika (lt) f
• Luba-Katanga: Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata
• Macedonian: Демократска Република Конго f (Demokratska Republika Kongo)
• Malay: Republik Demokratik Congo (ms)
• Maltese: ir-Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo f
• Māori: te Whenua o Kōngo
• Mingrelian: კონგოშ დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა (ḳongoš demoḳraṭiuli resṗubliḳa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Бүгд Найрамдах Ардчилсан Конго Улс (Bügd Najramdax Ardčilsan Kongo Uls)

• Navajo: Kéyah Káango Shádiʼááhjí Siʼánígíí
• Norman: Républyique Démocratique du Congo f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Den demokratiske republikken Kongo (no) m

• Persian: جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو (jomhuri-ye demokrâtik-e kongo)
• Polish: Demokratyczna Republika Konga (pl) f
• Portuguese: República Democrática do Congo (pt) f
• Romanian: Republica Democrată Congo f
• Russian: Демократи́ческая Респу́блика Ко́нго (ru) f (Demokratíčeskaja Respúblika Kóngo)
• Scots: Democratic Republic o the Congo
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Демо̀кратска̄ Репу̀блика Ко̏нго f

  Latin: Demòkratskā Repùblika Kȍngo f

• Sinhalese: කොන්ගෝ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනරජය (kongō prajātantrawādī janarajaya)
• Slovak: Konžská demokratická republika f
• Slovene: Demokratična republika Kongo f
• Spanish: República Democrática del Congo (es) f
• Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (sw)
• Swedish: Demokratiska republiken Kongo
• Tagalog: Demokratikong Republika ng Congo
• Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Демократии Конго (Jumhuri-yi Demokrati-yi Kongo)
• Tamil: காங்கோ மக்களாட்சிக் குடியரசு (kāṅkō makkaḷāṭcik kuṭiyaracu)
• Thai: สาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยคองโก (th) (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-típ-bpà-dtai kɔng-gôo)
• Turkish: Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti (tr)
• Turkmen: Kongo Demokratik Respublikasy
• Ukrainian: Демократи́чна Респу́бліка Ко́нго (uk) f (Demokratýčna Respúblika Kónho)
• Uzbek: Kongo Demokratik Respublikasi (uz)
• Vietnamese: Cộng hoà Dân chủ Công-gô
• Wolaytta: Diimokraatike Ripaablike Konggo
• Yiddish: דעמאָקראַטישע רעפּובליק פֿון קאָנגאָ (demokratishe republik fun kongo)

See also

• Congo-Brazzaville
• Republic of Congo
• People's Republic of the Congo

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• “Democratic Republic of the Congo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.