congo

«congo» in Mova's school dictionary: a great river in central Africa, the second-longest in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Congo, the Congo — proper noun: a river and two countries)

meaning for a pupil

1) The Congo is a great river in central Africa, the second-longest in Africa and the deepest river in the world. tree →

2) Congo is part of the names of two countries beside it: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, with capital Kinshasa) and the Republic of the Congo (capital Brazzaville). tree →

3) The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest rainforest on Earth, after the Amazon. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons pupils locate the Congo River and rainforest, learn about the animals there (gorillas, bonobos, okapis, forest elephants) and the many peoples and languages. In history lessons pupils learn that the Congo was cruelly ruled by the Belgian king Leopold II, whose men forced people to collect rubber. In news, the DRC has long suffered wars, and its mines produce metals used in phones and batteries.

examples

• The Congo River flows through the rainforest. tree →
• The Congo is the deepest river in the world. tree →
• Bonobos live only in the Congo rainforest. tree →
• Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. tree →
• The Congo rainforest is second only to the Amazon in size. tree →
• Metals for phone batteries are mined in the Congo. tree →
• Two countries have «Congo» in their names. tree →

note

Always a capital C; usually «the Congo» for the river or region. Trap: there are two countries with «Congo» in the name; the bigger one is the DRC. The adjective is «Congolese». Do not confuse with «conga», a dance.

In the corpora

• Parts of the Congo River are more than two hundred metres deep, the deepest river known.
• Kinshasa and Brazzaville face each other across the Congo River as the capitals of two different countries.
• Some cobalt in batteries comes from small mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where children have been found working.
• Other long wars and crises include Yemen, the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar and Haiti.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «congo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.