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Irish
Etymology
After Kongo, believed to derive from Kongo nkongo (“hunters”).
Proper noun
An Congó m (genitive an Chongó)
- Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
- Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- 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
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| Congó
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Chongó
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gCongó
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “Congo”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “Chongó”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024