Belgian Congo

English

Proper noun

the Belgian Congo

(historical) A Belgian colony in Africa, the successor to King Leopold II of Belgium's Congo Free State and predecessor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [from 1908 to 1960]

Translations

Belgian colony

Dutch: Belgisch-Congo
Finnish: Belgian Kongo
French: Congo belge (fr) m
German: Belgisch-Kongo m
Irish: Congó na Beilge m

Italian: Congo Belga
Portuguese: Congo Belga m
Romanian: Congo Belgian m
Spanish: Congo Belga m
Swedish: Belgiska Kongo

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