"Kinshasa" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /kɪnˈʃɑːsə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kinshasa.wav
Rhymes: -ɑːsə Etymology: From Kongo [Term?] (“the salt market”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|kg||t=the salt market}} Kongo [Term?] (“the salt market”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kinshasa
  1. The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River. Wikipedia link: Kinshasa Categories (place): Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, National capitals, Places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Synonyms: Leopoldville [obsolete], Kin Translations (the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo): Kinshasa (Afrikaans), كِنْشاسة (kinšāsah) [feminine] (Arabic), Կինշասա (Kinšasa) (Armenian), 金沙薩 (Chinese Mandarin), 金沙萨 (Jīnshāsà) (Chinese Mandarin), Kinshasa [feminine] (Czech), Kinshasa (Danish), Kinshasa [neuter] (Dutch), Kinŝaso (Esperanto), Kinshasa (Finnish), Kinshasa (French), კინშასა (ḳinšasa) (Georgian), Kinshasa [neuter] (German), Κινσάσα (Kinsása) (Greek), קינשאסה (Hebrew), किन्शासा (kinśāsā) (Hindi), Cinseasa (Irish), キンシャサ [Kinshasa] (Japanese), 킨샤사 (Kinsyasa) (Korean), Kinsásá (Lingala), किन्शासा (kinśāsā) [neuter] (Marathi), کینشاسا (Persian), Kinszasa [feminine] (Polish), Quinxassa [feminine] (Portuguese), Кинша́са (Kinšása) [feminine] (Russian), Kinsasa (Spanish), Kinshasa (Spanish)

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