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kongo

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1. kongo - Noun

2. kongo - Adjective

3. Kongo - Proper noun

Meaning

the Bantu language spoken by the Kongo living in the tropical forests of Zaire and Congo and Angola

Source: WordNet

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1429 ) ** King Lukeni lua Nimi of the Kingdom of Kongo (d. Source: Internet

Afonso believed that the slave trade should be subject to Kongo law. Source: Internet

Baptised around 1684 as Dona Béatrice, Kimpa Vita was raised Catholic and being very pious she became a nun seeing visions of St. Anthony of Padua ordering her to restore the kingdom of Kongo to its former glory. Source: Internet

Central and Southern Africa were largely isolated from other regions until the modern era, but they did later feature kingdoms like the Kingdom of Kongo (1400–1914). Source: Internet

Power was in the hands of the Mani, aristocrats who occupied key positions in the kingdom and who answered only to the all-powerful King of the Kongo. Source: Internet

Civil War within Kongo would lead to many of its subjects ending up as enslaved people in Portuguese and other European vessels. Source: Internet

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