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Goma

Goma proper noun: the capital city of the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Proper noun (1)

Goma (plural Gomas)

  1. The capital city of the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    • The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot...2025 May 22, “Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo”, in The Guardian
  2. A surname.

Noun

Goma pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A tribe in the Kigoma Region of western Tanzania, a contingent of the Bantu.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: GOMA

GOMA

  1. (Australia) The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.

Forms of Goma

pluralGomas
alternative formGoMA

Questions about Goma

What does Goma mean?
Goma means the capital city of the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
What part of speech is Goma?
Goma can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Goma in the dictionary

  1. Golzes
  2. Golăiești
  3. gom
  4. gom-paauw
  5. gom-paauws
  6. Goma
  7. GOMAD
  8. GOMADs
  9. Gomahera
  10. gomai
  11. Gomarian

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