Congo 5862 223608702 2008-07-04T21:29:57Z Treisijs 2847625 Adding [[lv:Kongo]] [[Image:Congo-Brazzaville-Congo-Kinshasa.png|right|frame|{{legend|#5CD65C|[[Republic of the Congo]]}}{{legend|#3A963A|[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]}}]]{{wiktionarypar|Congo|Kongo}} '''Congo''', '''Kongo''', or '''Kongō''' may refer to: == In Africa == *[[Congo River]], an African river *[[Republic of the Congo]], an African country to the west of the Congo River **[[French Congo]] (1880-1910) *[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], 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 *[[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)|Japanese corvette ''Kongō'' (1877)]] * [[Kongō class battlecruiser|''Kongō'' class battlecruiser]] ** [[Japanese battleship Kongō|Japanese battleship ''Kongō'']] (1913-1945) * [[Kongō class destroyer|''Kongō'' class destroyer ]] ** [[JDS Kongō (DDG-173)|JDS ''Kongō'' (DDG-173)]], (1993- ) == In entertainment == * [[Congo (novel)|''Congo'' (novel)]], a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton ** [[Congo (film)|''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 (TV series)|Monkey Magic]]'' anime series == In music == * [[The Congos]], a Jamaican reggae duo * [[Congo (song)|"Congo" (song)]], a 1997 song by Genesis * Congo or [[Soukous]], a genre of music from the Congos == Miscellaneous == * [[Congo (dog)]], a controversial German shepherd euthanized for a series of attacks on humans * [[Congo (loa)]], a spirit in Haitian voodoo mythology * 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 == People with the family name == {{surname|Kongo}} * [[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 ==See also== * [[Conga (disambiguation)]] * ''[[The King of the Kongo]]'', 1929 film serial by Mascot Pictures * ''[[King of the Congo]]'', 1952 film serial by Columbia Pictures {{disambig}} [[Category:Crotalinae by common name]] [[zh-min-nan:Congo]] [[bs:Kongo (čvor)]] [[br:Kongo]] [[bg:Конго]] [[ca:Congo]] [[cs:Kongo]] [[da:Congo]] [[de:Kongo]] [[et:Kongo]] [[el:Κονγκό]] [[es:Congo]] [[eo:Kongo]] [[eu:Kongo]] [[fa:کنگو (ابهام‌زدایی)]] [[fr:Congo]] [[fy:Kongo]] [[ko:콩고]] [[hr:Kongo]] [[io:Kongo (homonimo)]] [[id:Kongo]] [[is:Kongó]] [[it:Congo]] [[he:קונגו]] [[kn:ಕಾಂಗೊ]] [[ka:კონგო]] [[sw:Kongo]] [[kg:Kongo]] [[ht:Kongo (menm non)]] [[lv:Kongo]] [[lt:Kongas]] [[ln:Kɔ́ngɔ]] [[hu:Kongó]] [[ms:Congo]] [[mn:Конго]] [[nl:Congo]] [[ja:コンゴ]] [[no:Kongo]] [[oc:Còngo]] [[nds:Kongo]] [[pl:Kongo (ujednoznacznienie)]] [[pt:Congo (desambiguação)]] [[ksh:Konggo (Watt ėßß datt?)]] [[ro:Congo (dezambiguizare)]] [[ru:Конго]] [[simple:Congo]] [[sk:Kongo]] [[sl:Kongo]] [[sr:Конго]] [[fi:Kongo]] [[sv:Kongo]] [[ta:கொங்கோ]] [[vi:Congo]] [[tr:Kongo]] [[uk:Конго]] [[vec:Congo]] [[vo:Congo]] [[wa:Congo]] [[zh:刚果]]