"Zaïre" meaning in English

See Zaïre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Zaïre
  1. Alternative spelling of Zaire: (historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997 Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Zaire (extra: (historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997) Categories (place): Countries in Africa
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Zaïre",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997",
          "word": "Zaire"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Countries in Africa",
          "orig": "en:Countries in Africa",
          "parents": [
            "Countries",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Democratic Republic of the Congo",
          "orig": "en:Democratic Republic of the Congo",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Former names of countries",
          "orig": "en:Former names of countries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of Zaire: (historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997"
      ],
      "id": "en-Zaïre-en-name-RJUddLKv",
      "links": [
        [
          "Zaire",
          "Zaire#English"
        ],
        [
          "Democratic Republic of the Congo",
          "Democratic Republic of the Congo#English"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "Central Africa",
          "Central Africa#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zaïre"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Zaïre",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997",
          "word": "Zaire"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms spelled with Ï",
        "English terms spelled with ◌̈",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Countries in Africa",
        "en:Democratic Republic of the Congo",
        "en:Former names of countries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of Zaire: (historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Zaire",
          "Zaire#English"
        ],
        [
          "Democratic Republic of the Congo",
          "Democratic Republic of the Congo#English"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "Central Africa",
          "Central Africa#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zaïre"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Zaïre meaning in English (1.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.