LINGALA

Meaning of LINGALA in English

[ lɪŋ'gα:lə ]

■ noun a Bantu language used as a lingua franca in Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).

Origin

the name in ~.

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LINGALA — noun Date: 1922 a Bantu language widely used in trade and public affairs in the Congo River area
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LINGALA — liŋˈgälə noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized : a Bantu language widely used in trade and public affairs in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINGALA — /ling gah"leuh/ , n. a Bantu language used as a lingua franca in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINGALA — n. Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Congo
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LINGALA — noun Date: 1922 : a Bantu language widely used in trade and public affairs in the Congo River area
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LINGALA — [Lin.ga.la] n (1922): a Bantu language widely used in trade and public affairs in the Congo River area
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LINGALA — Lingala BrE AmE lɪŋ ˈɡɑːl ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LINGALA — Лингала
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LINGALA — n. Pronunciation: li ŋ - ' gä-l ə Function: noun Date: 1922 : a Bantu language widely used in trade …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LINGALA LANGUAGE — Лингала
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BASENJI — noun Etymology: probably modification of Lingala mbwa na ~, literally, dogs of the bushland people Date: 1937 any of a …
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AFRICAN LANGUAGES — Languages indigenous to Africa that belong to the Nilo-Saharan , Khoisan , and Afro-Asiatic language phyla. Africa is the most …
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BONGO — I. ˈbäŋ(ˌ)gō, ˈbȯŋ- noun ( plural bongo or bongos ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a Negro people of eastern …
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SENGI — ˈseŋgē noun ( plural sengi ) Etymology: Kikongo or Lingala sengi , senki five-centime coin of the Belgian Congo, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TSHILUBA — chə̇ˈlübə noun Usage: usually capitalized : one of the four major trade languages of Congo used most widely in the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BASENJI — bəˈsenjē noun Etymology: of Bantu origin; akin to Lingala & Tshiluba basenji, plural of Lingala mosenji, Tshiluba musenji native, inhabitant …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BASENJI — noun Etymology: probably modification of Lingala mbwa na basenji, literally, dogs of the bushland people Date: 1937 : any of …
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BASENJI — [ba.sen.ji] n [prob. fr. Lingala basenji, pl. of mosenji native] (1933): any of a breed of small curly-tailed dogs of …
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CENTRAL AFRICA, HISTORY OF — history of the region from the time of early humans to the present. Central Africa consists of three parallel belts …
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STATISTICS: CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE
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CONGO RIVER — The Congo River basin and its drainage network. also called Zaire River, river in west-central Africa. With a length of …
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CONGO CANYON — large submarine canyon incised into the South Atlantic continental shelf and slope of western equatorial Africa. The head of the …
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ANGOLA, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the present. The Stone Age population of Angola was very …
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AFRICAN LANGUAGES — languages indigenous to Africa that belong to the Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Khoisan, and Afro-Asiatic language families. The number of African languages …
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AFRICAN ARTSMUSIC
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BONGO — n. (pl. same or -os) a rare antelope, Tragelaphus euryceros, native to the forests of central Africa, having spiralled horns …
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BONGO — n. (pl. same or -os) a rare antelope, Tragelaphus euryceros, native to the forests of central Africa, having spiralled horns …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BONGO — 1. n. (pl. -os or -oes) either of a pair of small long-bodied drums usu. held between the knees and …
Oxford English vocab
INDIGENOUS — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the indigenous population formal (= the people who have always lived in a place ) …
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AFRICAN LANGUAGES — Languages indigenous to Africa that belong to the Niger-Congo , Nilo-Saharan , Khoisan , and Afro-Asiatic language phyla. Africa is …
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LANGUAGE — n. 25B6; noun the structure of language : SPEECH, writing, communication, conversation, speaking, talking, talk, discourse; words, vocabulary. the English …
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ЛИНГАЛА — Lingala language
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