Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgian Congo

a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960

• African country, African nation — countries occupying the African continent

• Congolese — a native or inhabitant of the Republic of Congo
• Zairese, Zairean — a native or inhabitant of Zaire

• Kananga, Luluabourg — a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg
• Kinshasa, Leopoldville — the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville
• Lubumbashi, Elisabethville — a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville
• Congo, Congo River — a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic
• Kasai, Kasai River, River Kasai — a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo
• Kivu, Lake Kivu — a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda

• Africa — the second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the India Ocean