Kinshasa

English

Alternative forms

• Kin

Etymology

From Kongo [Term?] (“the salt market”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪnˈʃɑːsə/
• enPR: kĭn-shä′sə
• enPR: kēn-shä′sä, kēn-shä-sä′

• Audio (General American):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːsə

Proper noun

Kinshasa

2. The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.

Synonyms

• Leopoldville (obsolete)

Translations

the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Afrikaans: Kinshasa
• Arabic: كِنْشاسة f (kinšāsah)
• Armenian: Կինշասա (hy) (Kinšasa)
• Asturian: Kinxasa (ast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金沙薩 / 金沙萨 (zh) (Jīnshāsà)

• Czech: Kinshasa (cs) f
• Danish: Kinshasa
• Dutch: Kinshasa (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kinŝaso (eo)
• Finnish: Kinshasa (fi)
• French: Kinshasa (fr)
• Georgian: კინშასა (ḳinšasa)
• German: Kinshasa (de) n
• Greek: Κινσάσα (el) (Kinsása)
• Hebrew: קינשאסה
• Hindi: किन्शासा (kinśāsā)
• Irish: Cinseasa
• Japanese: キンシャサ (ja) (Kinshasa)
• Korean: 킨샤사 (Kinsyasa)
• Lingala: Kinsásá
• Marathi: किन्शासा n (kinśāsā)
• Persian: کینشاسا
• Polish: Kinszasa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Quinxassa f
• Russian: Кинша́са (ru) f (Kinšása)
• Spanish: Kinsasa, Kinshasa (es)

Anagrams

• Kashanis

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Kinshasa

1. Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Derived terms

• Kongo-Kinshasa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪnʃasa]

Proper noun

Kinshasa f (relational adjective kinshaský)

1. Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Declension

Declension of Kinshasa (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Kinshasa
genitive	Kinshasy
dative	Kinshase
accusative	Kinshasu
vocative	Kinshaso
locative	Kinshase
instrumental	Kinshasou

Further reading

• “Kinshasa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Etymology

Named after a nearby village.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪnˈʃaː.saː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Kin‧sha‧sa

Proper noun

Kinshasa n

1. Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Synonyms

• Leopoldstad (historical)
• Leopoldville (historical)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kin.ʃa.sa/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Belgium):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Proper noun

Kinshasa m

1. Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

   Synonym: (historical) Léopoldville

Derived terms

• Kin
• Kinois / kinois

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kinshasa f

1. alternative spelling of Quinxassa

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kinʃasa/, [ˈkinʃasa], [ˈkin̠ʃasa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Hyphenation: Kin‧sha‧sa

Proper noun

Kinshasa f (genitive singular Kinshasy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Kinshasa (the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

• “Kinshasa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kinˈʃasa/ [kĩnʲˈʃa.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: Kin‧sha‧sa

Proper noun

Kinshasa ?

1. alternative form of Kinsasa