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Dutch
Etymology
From Katanga (“aka Shaba, in SE Congo”) + -ees (“-ese, -ian”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Katangees (comparative Katangeser, superlative meest Katangees or Katangeest)
- Katangese, from Katanga (any sense)
- De 'Katangese gendarmes', oorspronkelijk de provinciale politie, werden een geduchte separatistische militie
- The Katangese 'gendarmes', originally the provincial police force, became a ferocious separatist militia
Declension
Noun
Katangees m (plural Katangezen, diminutive Katangeesje n)
- a Katangese, inhabitant or descendant of the population of Katanga
- De ethnisch verscheiden Katangezen vormen toch een historische subnationaliteit van de Kongolezen
- The ethnically diverse Katangese still form a historical subnationality among the Congolese