"Zaire" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /zaɪˈɪə/ [UK], /zɑːˈɪəɹ/ [US], /ˈzɑːɪɹ/ [US], /zaɪˈeː/ [Australia] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Zaire.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Zaïre [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *jade Kongo nzadi Kongo o Kongo nzere Kongo nzadi o nzereder. Portuguese Zairebor. French Zaïrebor. English Zaire Borrowed from French Zaïre, a truncation of Kongo nzadi o nzere (“river swallowing rivers”) which refers to the Congo river; adopted in accordance with the Authenticity Movement. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:Zaïre|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *jade Kongo nzadi Kongo o Kongo nzere Kongo nzadi o nzereder. Portuguese Zairebor. French Zaïrebor. English Zaire [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "river swallowing rivers", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*jade", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Kongo", "term" : "nzadi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "kg" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Kongo", "term" : "o", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "kg" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Kongo", "term" : "nzere", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "kg" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Kongo", "term" : "nzadi o nzere", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "kg" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "Zaire", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pt" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "Zaïre", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Zaire", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Zaire">, {{bor+|en|fr|Zaïre}} Borrowed from French Zaïre, {{der|en|kg|nzadi o nzere|t=river swallowing rivers}} Kongo nzadi o nzere (“river swallowing rivers”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Zaire
  1. (historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997. Wikidata QID: Q6500954 Tags: historical Categories (place): Countries in Africa Derived forms: Zairese, Zairian, zairite, Zairization Related terms: zaire, Zairean Translations (former name of DR of Congo): زَئِير (zaʔīr) [feminine] (Arabic), زَائِير (zāʔīr) (Arabic), Զաիր (Zair) (Armenian), জায়ার (jaẏar) (Bengali), Заи́р (Zaír) (Bulgarian), Zaire [masculine] (Catalan), 扎伊爾 (Zhāyī'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), 薩伊 /萨伊 (Sàyī) (Chinese Mandarin), Zair (Czech), Zaire [neuter] (Danish), Zaïre [neuter] (Dutch), Zaire (Estonian), Sair (Estonian), Sair [neuter] (Faroese), Zaire (Finnish), Zaïre [masculine] (French), Zaire [masculine] (Galician), ზაირი (zairi) (Georgian), Zaire [neuter] (German), Ζαΐρ (Zaḯr) (Greek), Zàyâr̃ [feminine] (Hausa), זאיר (za'ír) [feminine] (Hebrew), ज़ायर (zāyar) [masculine] (Hindi), An tSáír [feminine] (Irish), Zaire [masculine] (Italian), ザイール (Zaīru) (Japanese), 자이르 (Jaireu) (Korean), Zairas [masculine] (Lithuanian), iż-Zaire (Maltese), Zaire [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), زئیر (zair) (Persian), Zair (Polish), Zaire [masculine] (Portuguese), Zair [neuter] (Romanian), Заи́р (Zaír) [masculine] (Russian), Заир [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Zair [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Zaire (Spanish), Zaire (Swedish), ซาอีร์ (saa-ii) (Thai), Zaire (Turkish), Заїр (Zajir) (Ukrainian), زايىر (zayir) (Uyghur), Saïr [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Zaire-en-name-en:Q6500954 Categories (other): Democratic Republic of the Congo, Former names of countries, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 5 52 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 13 8 31 15 8 26 Disambiguation of 'former name of DR of Congo': 54 43 3
  2. (chiefly historical) Synonym of Congo (major river in Central Africa) Wikidata QID: Q3503 Tags: historical Synonyms: Congo [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Zaire-en-name-en:Q3503
  3. A province of Angola, named after the river
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Alternative forms

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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "Sair"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sair"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zaïre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "zairi",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "ზაირი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "Zaḯr",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "Ζαΐρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "lang_code": "ha",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zàyâr̃"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "za'ír",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "זאיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "zāyar",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ज़ायर"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "An tSáír"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "Zaīru",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "ザイール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "Jaireu",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "자이르"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zairas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "lang_code": "mt",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "iż-Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "zair",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "زئیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "Zair"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zair"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "Zaír",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Заи́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Заир"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zair"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "saa-ii",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "ซาอีร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "Zaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Zajir",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "Заїр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "lang_code": "ug",
      "roman": "zayir",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "word": "زايىر"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "former name of DR of Congo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Saïr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zaire"
}

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