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.

Exact synonyms: Kasai, Kasai River
Group relationships: Angola, Republic Of Angola, Belgian Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Zaire
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of River Kasai

Ritter's opening tetanus
Ritter-Rollet phenomenon
Ritual Decalogue
Ritz
Ritz's combination principle
Riva-Rocci sphygmomanometer
Rivas
Rivea corymbosa
River Acheron
River Adige
River Aire
River Arno
River Avon
River Cam
River Cocytus
River Kasai
River Lethe
River Plate
River Severn
River Styx
River Thames
River Trent
River Tyne
Rivera
Rivero-Carvallo effect
Rivers' cocktail
Riverside
Riviera
Riviere's salt
Rivina

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 ..."

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