Zaire
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Truncation of Kongo nzadi o nzere (“river swallowing rivers”) which refers to the Congo river; adopted in accordance with the Authenticity Movement.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Zaire
- (historical) the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former name, used between 1971 and 1997).
Related terms
Translations
former name of DR of Congo
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Finnish
Proper noun
Zaire
Declension
Inflection of Zaire (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Zaire | — | |
genitive | Zairen | — | |
partitive | Zairea | — | |
illative | Zaireen | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Zaire | — | |
accusative | nom. | Zaire | — |
gen. | Zairen | ||
genitive | Zairen | — | |
partitive | Zairea | — | |
inessive | Zairessa | — | |
elative | Zairesta | — | |
illative | Zaireen | — | |
adessive | Zairella | — | |
ablative | Zairelta | — | |
allative | Zairelle | — | |
essive | Zairena | — | |
translative | Zaireksi | — | |
abessive | Zairetta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Italian
Proper noun
Zaire m
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Portuguese
Proper noun
Zaire m
- (historical) Zaire (former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zaire ?
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