A Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa.
Used in a Sentence
kongo
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kongo.
Editorial note
With your logic Kongo should be able to afford 5500 nuclear warheads just by spending 0.4% pf GDP.
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Quick take
A Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of kongo gathered in one view.
A Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of Kikongo.
Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea. [(dated) A kind of Chinese black tea.]
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for kongo.
noun
A Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa.
noun
A Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of Kikongo.
noun
Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea. [(dated) A kind of Chinese black tea.]
adjective
Of or related to the Kongo languages or Kikongo-speaking peoples
Example sentences
With your logic Kongo should be able to afford 5500 nuclear warheads just by spending 0.4% pf GDP.
On a sad note, the post opens with a mention of the demise of Kongo Gumi founded in 578.
And sad to see that Kongo Gumi - a Japanese construction compnay - shut down in 2006, after being founded in 578 CE.
The oldest company I can find is Kongo Gumi, founded in 578, a Japanese construction firm.
The Kingdom of Kongo had a civil war resulting two factions claiming the throne and a lot of victims being enslaved and being sent to South America.
Wow, I just read the Wikipedia history of Kongo Gumi.
Only minor parts from this Eldorado mine in Canada (907 tons, 0.03% graded) and Colorado could be used, the largest percentage came from the superior Belgish Kongo Shinkolobwe mine, 65% graded.
Just it's no longer the oldest family business in the world - that ended when direct Kongo control of it ended, although I hear they still have a ceremonial involvement with the company.
Quote examples
OP was quoting wikipedia which also says that business+chief+employees were transferred to a new company Shin-Kongo (ie “New Kongo”).
So it depends on what you mean by “they”, the company with the old name Kongo Gumi is no longer in construction, but otherwise the company with the new name Shin Kongo is, as a subsidiary of another conglomerate.
Imagine "tax penalties" in Kongo or Nigeria where people live off ground on less than 2$/day.
"Up until now, no African country except SA has developed a supercomputer" gives me quite a lot of information (55 states in Africa don't have supercomputers); it's not at all meaningless.) Also, you seriously don't expect Americans to know that Africa is made up of many countries, nor understand the difference between Morocco and Kongo (for instance)?
Proper noun examples
Very important to start mining these to get away from dependence on questionable activities in China and Kongo.
Kongo Gumi alone existed for more than a thousand years before capitalism became a meaningful economic model.
That Kongo-Müller also seemed like a very interesting guy, hadn't heard about him.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use kongo in a sentence?
With your logic Kongo should be able to afford 5500 nuclear warheads just by spending 0.4% pf GDP.
What does kongo mean?
A Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa.
What part of speech is kongo?
kongo is commonly used as noun, adjective.