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Look up Congo, Kongo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Congo, Kongo, or Kongō may refer to:

1 In Africa
2 In Japan
3 In entertainment
4 In music
5 Miscellaneous
6 People with the family name
7 See also

In Africa

Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo River, an African river
Republic of the Congo, ("Congo-Brazzaville") an African country to the west of the Congo River
- French Congo (1880–1910)
Democratic Republic of the Congo ("Congo-Kinshasa"), an African country to the east of the Congo River
- Congo Free State (1885–1908)
- Belgian Congo (1908–1960)
- Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1964)
- Zaire (1971–1997)
Kingdom of Kongo (1400–1914), which comprised parts of present-day Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kongo dia Nlaza, small eastern kingdom absorbed into the Kingdom of Kongo in the 16th century
Kongo people, an ethnic group in both Congos and Angola, sometimes referred to as Congolese or black people.
Kongo language, sometimes called Kikongo, the Bantu language spoken by the Kongo people, and the base for the Kituba language
Portuguese Congo, now the Angolan exclave of Cabinda
Congo craton, an ancient and stable piece of continental crust
M'banza-Kongo, the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province
Kongo Central, the former Bas-Congo province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congolian forests, the Congo basin forests.

In Japan

Mount Kongō, a mountain in Osaka prefecture
Japanese corvette Kongō (1877)
Kongō class battlecruiser
- Japanese battleship Kongō (1913–1945)
Kongō class destroyer
- JDS Kongō (DDG-173), (1993– )

In entertainment

Congo (novel), a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
- Congo (film), a 1995 film based on Crichton's novel
- Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj, a 1995 Sega Saturn video game
Kongo, a 1932 film starring Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, and Conrad Nagel
Kongo, the main character in the Monkey Magic anime series

In music

The Congos, a Jamaican reggae duo
"Congo" (song), a 1997 song by Genesis
Congo or Soukous, a genre of music from the Congos

Miscellaneous

Congo (loa), a spirit in Haitian voodoo mythology
Common name for Amphiuma, an eellike amphibian of the southeastern United States
Common name for Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous snake
Congo Peafowl, a bird species
CONGO or the Conference of NGOs, a worldwide group of charity and aid organizations
Kongo or yawara, a martial arts weapon
Congo African Grey Parrot

People with the family name

This page or section lists people with the surname Kongo. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to their surname.

Cheick Kongo (born 1975), mixed martial arts fighter
Kongō Masahiro (born 1948), former sumo wrestler
John Kongos (born 1945), South African musician, leader of the band "Johnny Kongos and the G-Men"
Kid Congo Powers (born 1960), American singer and guitarist