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Definition of River kasai
1. Noun. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
Group relationships: Angola, Republic Of Angola, Belgian Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Zaire
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of River Kasai
Literary usage of River kasai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"Agreeable Intercourse with Kawawa.—His impudent Demand.— Unpleasant Parting.—Kawawa
tries to prevent our crossing the river kasai.— Stratagem. ..."
2. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"Kawawa tries to prevent our crossing the river kasai.— Stratagem. WE made a little
detour to the southward in order to get provisions in a cheaper market. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1873)
"... fro among the head-waters of the Nile. In the mean time, the question is, and
will be, keenly debated. The river kasai, Livingstone's old friend on the ..."