FDR

Proper noun (1)

Congo or the Congo (plural Congos)

1. Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo; official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital: Kinshasa).

   Synonyms:

   Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, Zaire

2. Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; official name: Republic of the Congo; capital: Brazzaville).

   Synonyms:

   Congo-Brazzaville, Congo Republic

3. A region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.
4. A major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola.

Proper noun (2)

Congo

1. A locality in the Eurobodalla council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

See all 7 meanings of congo

Proper noun

Ethiopia

1. A country in East Africa.
   • Wheat has been and continues to be one of the most important cereal crops in Ethiopia in terms of both area under cultivation and production.1991, Tesfaye Tesemma, “Improvement of indigenous durum wheat landraces in Ethiopia” in Plant Genetic Resources of Ethiopia, 288
   1. The Ethiopian Empire, from c. 1270 to 1974; Abyssinia.
   2. Italian Ethiopia, from 1936 to 1941.
   3. Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia, from 1974 to 1987; Derg.
   4. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, since 1987.
2. (historical) Sub-Saharan Africa, especially the parts south of Egypt and along and east of the Nile.
   • The Diamande is engendred in the mynes of India, Ethiopia, Arabia, Macedonia, and Cyprus, and in the golde mynes of the same countries.1553, Richard Eden, A treatyse of the newe India, unnumbered