Congó

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See also: congo and Congo

Irish

Etymology

After Kongo, believed to derive from Kongo nkongo (“hunters”).

Proper noun

An Congó m (genitive an Chongó)

  1. Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
  2. Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  3. Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)

Declension

Declension of Congó (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Congó
vocative a Chongó
genitive Congó
dative Congó
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Congó
genitive an Chongó
dative leis an gCongó
don Chongó

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Congó
radical lenition eclipsis
Congó Chongó gCongó

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • “Congo”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “Chongó”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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