Definition of French Congo

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

Exact synonyms: Congo, Republic Of The Congo
Generic synonyms: African Country, African Nation
Terms within: Brazzaville
Group relationships: Africa

Definition of French Congo

1. Proper noun. The original French colony established in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and the Central African Republic (1880 - 1910), which later became French Equatorial Africa. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of French Congo

Fremantle Doctor
Fremont
Fremontia
Fremontodendron
French
French-Canadian
French-kiss
French-speaking
French Academy
French Bulldog
French Bulldogs
French Canada
French Canadian
French Canadians
French Congo (current term)
French Equatorial Africa
French Foreign Legion
French Guiana
French Guianese
French Guinea
French Guyana
French India
French Indochina
French Louisiana
French Oceania
French Polynesia
French Polynesian
French Republic
French Revolution

Literary usage of French Congo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... 1912, by the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in appreciation of his work during thirty- four years in French Congo. ..."

2. Africa by Augustus Henry Keane (1904)
"Landwards, French Congo has received an immense expansion, mainly in a north-easterly direction between German ..."

3. The International Year Book edited by Frank Moore Colby, Harry Thurston Peck (1899)
"... Adolph Pike, Chicago; secretary, IH Goldsmith, New York ; and treasurer, Louis Frankenthaler, New York. French Congo AND GABOON is one of the largest ..."

4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1899)
"French Congo. Mouvement G. 16 (1899) : 193-198. Lea concessions au Congo ... On the political organization of the colony of French Congo and the regulations ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"She had already, on the 24th of December 1885, signed a protocol with France fixing her southern frontier, where it was coterminous with the French Congo ..."

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