Kinshasa

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English

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Etymology

From Kongo (“the salt market”).

Pronunciation

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.

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Afrikaans

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Proper noun

Kinshasa

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

Derived terms

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kinshasa f (related 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)

Dutch

Etymology

Named after a nearby village.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪnˈʃaː.saː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Kin‧sha‧sa

Proper noun

Kinshasa n

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

Synonyms

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kinshasa m

  1. Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
    Synonym: (historical) Léopoldville

Derived terms

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kinshasa f

  1. Alternative spelling of Quinxassa

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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, 2024

Spanish

Proper noun

Kinshasa ?

  1. Alternative form of Kinsasa
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