Kongeriket Kongo

Norwegian Bokmål Kongoriket no thumb|A 1617 European map of Central Africa centred on the Kingdom of Kongo. thumb|The king of Kongo receiving a Dutch delegation in 1642. Alternative forms nb Kongoriket, nb Kongedømmet Kongo alternative names Etymology From nb kongeriket the kingdom, the definite singular of nb kongerike kingdom, realm, itself formed from nb konge king and nb rike realm, kingdom, followed by nb Kongo Kongo; literally “the Kingdom of Kongo”. The Norwegian name corresponds to Portuguese pt Reino do Congo and the Kongo names kg Wene wa Kongo and kg Kongo dya Ntotila. For the further origin of nb Kongo, see that entry. Parallel formations include nn Kongoriket, da Kongeriget Kongo, sv Kongoriket, de Königreich Kongo, nl Koninkrijk Kongo, pt Reino do Congo and en Kingdom of Kongo. Pronunciation nb /²ˈkɔŋː.əˌriː.kə ¹ˈkɔŋ.ɡu/ [ˈkɔ̂ŋː.əˌɾiː.kə ˈkɔ̀ŋ.ɡʊ] nb ɔŋɡu 2 nb Kon ge ri ket Kon go Proper noun nb proper noun 1 Kingdom of Kongo; nb historical kingdom c/Angola c/Democratic Republic of the Congo c/Republic of the Congo cont/Africa, a former kingdom in western Central Africa, with Mbanza Kongo as its capital. nb På 1500-tallet hadde Kongeriket Kongo omfattende diplomatiske forbindelser med Portugal. In the sixteenth century, the Kingdom of Kongo had extensive diplomatic relations with Portugal. nb 9 January 2025 Tore Linné Eriksen Kongeriket Kongo Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Kongeriket_Kongo Kongeriket Kongo er et tidligere afrikansk kongerike med tyngdepunkt sør for Kongoelva. The Kingdom of Kongo is a former African kingdom centred south of the Congo River. https://web.archive.org/web/20260907074249/https://snl.no/Kongeriket_Kongo 7 September 2026 Usage notes The kingdom arose in the late fourteenth century and formally existed until 1914, although it had ceased to function as a unified state much earlier. Related terms nb Kongo Kongo; Congo nb kongo Kongo language References “Kongeriket Kongo” in Store norske leksikon.