FRENCH CONGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does French Congo mean? 

• FRENCH CONGO (noun)
  The noun FRENCH CONGO has 1 sense:

1. a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960

  Familiarity information: FRENCH CONGO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRENCH CONGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Congo; French Congo; Republic of the Congo

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "French Congo"):

Brazzaville (the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo)

Holonyms ("French Congo" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)