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Kikongo

/kɪˈkɒŋɡəʊ/

Kikongo proper noun: synonym of Kongo (“the language”).

Proper noun

Kikongo

  1. Synonym of Kongo (“the language”)
    Synonyms:
    Kongo

Synonyms of Kikongo

Origin of Kikongo

From Kongo ki- + Kongo, the prefix indicating inanimate or abstract nouns, and used to form language names. Attested in English since the late nineteenth century; Kongo appears earlier in the century.

Questions about Kikongo

What does Kikongo mean?
Kikongo means synonym of Kongo (“the language”).
What part of speech is Kikongo?
Kikongo is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kikongo?
Kikongo is pronounced /kɪˈkɒŋɡəʊ/.

Words near Kikongo in the dictionary

  1. Kikoira
  2. kikois
  3. kikokushijo
  4. kikokushijos
  5. Kikombe cha Umoja
  6. Kikongo
  7. Kiks
  8. Kiksht
  9. Kikta
  10. Kikuchi
  11. kikuel oil

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kikongo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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