Den demokratiske republikken Kongo
Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
[edit]First attested before 1999. Calque of French République démocratique du Congo (“Democratic Republic of the Congo”), the country's official French name. The corresponding state name was used from 1964 until 1971 and was restored in 1997 after the country had been known as Zaïre (“Zaire”). For the further origin of Kongo, see that entry.
Parallel calques include Norwegian Nynorsk Den demokratiske republikken Kongo, Danish Den Demokratiske Republik Congo, Swedish Demokratiska republiken Kongo, German Demokratische Republik Kongo, Dutch Democratische Republiek Congo and English Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /den ¹de.muˈkrɑː.tɪs.kə ¹re.pʉˈblɪkː.ən ¹ˈkɔŋ.ɡu/, [den de.mʊˈkɾɑ̀ː.tɪs.kə ɾe.pʉˈblɪ̀kː.ən ˈkɔ̀ŋ.ɡʊ]
- Rhymes: -ɔŋɡu
- Hyphenation: Den‧de‧mo‧kra‧tis‧ke‧re‧pub‧lik‧ken‧Kon‧go
Proper noun
[edit]Den demokratiske republikken Kongo
- Democratic Republic of the Congo; a country in Africa, a country in Central Africa occupying most of the basin of the Congo River, with Kinshasa as its capital.
- Rapporten sammenligner språkpolitikken i Den demokratiske republikken Kongo med forholdene i nabolandene. ― The report compares language policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with conditions in the neighbouring countries.
- 2026 June 25, Mikal Hem, “Kongo – DR Kongo, Kinshasa”, in Store norske leksikon[1]:
- Den demokratiske republikken Kongo (forkortet DR Kongo) er et land i Afrika
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (abbreviated DR Congo) is a country in Africa.
Usage notes
[edit]- The official Norwegian short name is Kongo. The accepted full official forms are Den demokratiske republikk Kongo and Den demokratiske republikken Kongo.
- DR Kongo and Kongo-Kinshasa are commonly used to distinguish the country from Republikken Kongo (“the Republic of the Congo”).
Synonyms
[edit]- Kongo-Kinshasa (“Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo”)
- Kongo (“Congo”) (official short name; potentially ambiguous)
Related terms
[edit]- kongoleser (“Congolese person”)
- kongolesisk (“Congolese”)
See also
[edit]- Republikken Kongo (“Republic of the Congo”)
- Algerie
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Den demokratiske republikken Kongo
- Den sentralafrikanske republikk
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Ekvatorial-Guinea
- Elfenbenskysten
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Etiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kamerun
- Kapp Verde
- Kenya
- Komorene
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokko
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mosambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republikken Kongo
- Rwanda
- São Tomé og Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychellene
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sør-Afrika
- Sør-Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tsjad
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
References
[edit]- “Kongo – DR Kongo, Kinshasa” in Store norske leksikon.
- “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Den demokratiske republikken Kongo
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo)
Synonyms
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[edit]Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms calqued from French
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɔŋɡu
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɔŋɡu/2 syllables
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål multiword terms
- nb:Countries in Africa
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk multiword terms
- nn:Democratic Republic of the Congo
- nn:Countries in Africa