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