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Kinshasa
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English
Alternative forms
en Kin
Etymology
From en kg the salt market.
Pronunciation
en /kɪnˈʃɑːsə/
kĭn-shä′səKin·sha·sa, formerly Leo·pold·ville 386 1 Kin·sha·sa (kĭn-shä′sə), formerly Leo·pold·ville
kēn-shä′sä kēn-shä-sä′Leopoldville 1042 3 Kinshasa (kēnshä′sä, kēnshäsä′) or Leopoldville East,
en En-us-Kinshasa.oga GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kinshasa.wav Southern England
en ɑːsə 3
Proper noun
en Q3838en The <<capital>> and largest <<city>> of the <<c/Democratic Republic of the Congo>> (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.
en metonymy The Democratic Republic of the Congo government.
Synonyms
en Leopoldville obsolete
Derived terms
en Kinshasan
Translations
the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Afrikaans: af Kinshasa
Arabic: ar كِنْشَاسَة f, ar كِنْشَاسَا f, ar كِينْشَاسَا f
Armenian: hy Կինշասա
Asturian: ast Kinxasa
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 金沙薩 Jīnshāsà
Czech: cs Kinshasa f
Danish: da Kinshasa
Dutch: nl Kinshasa n
Esperanto: eo Kinŝaso
Finnish: fi Kinshasa
French: fr Kinshasa
Georgian: ka კინშასა
German: de Kinshasa n
Greek: el Κινσάσα
Hebrew: he קינשאסה
Hindi: hi किन्शासा
Irish: ga Cinseasa
Japanese: ja キンシャサ Kinshasa
Korean: ko ^킨샤사
Lingala: ln Kinsásá
Marathi: mr किन्शासा n
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Киншаса f
Persian: fa کینشاسا
Polish: pl Kinszasa f
Portuguese: pt Quinxassa f
Russian: ru Кинша́са f
Spanish: es Kinsasa, es Kinshasa
References
Anagrams
en aahiknss Kashanis
Afrikaans
af:
Etymology
From af kg the salt market.
Proper noun
af capital city c/Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa
Derived terms
af Kongo-Kinshasa
Czech
cs:
Etymology
From cs kg the salt market.
Pronunciation
[sh:š]
Proper noun
f kinshaský
cs capital city c/Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa
Declension
f.sg
Further reading
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
From nl kg the salt market.
Pronunciation
nl /kɪnˈʃaː.saː/
nl Nl-Kinshasa.ogg
nl Kin sha sa
Proper noun
n
nl capital city c/Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa
Synonyms
nl Leopoldstad historical
nl Leopoldville historical
French
fr:
Etymology
From fr kg the salt market.
Pronunciation
[i:i_,sa:s_a]
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Fhala.K-Kinshasa.wav
fr FR-BE-BW--Kinshasa.ogg Belgium
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Kinshasa.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Kinshasa.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
m
fr capital city c/Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa
fr Léopoldville<q:historical>
Derived terms
fr Kin
fr Kinois / fr kinois
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
From pt kg the salt market.
Proper noun
f
pt Quinxassa
Slovak
sk:
Etymology
From sk kg the salt market.
Pronunciation
Kinšasa
Proper noun
f Kinshasy žena
sk capital c/Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
es Kinsasa