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Con⋅go⋅lese

  [kong-guh-leez, -lees] adjective, noun, plural -lese.
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the People's Republic of the Congo or the Congo region, its inhabitants, or their languages.
–noun
2. an inhabitant or native of the People's Republic of the Congo or of the Congo region.
Origin:
1895–1900; < F congolais, irreg. formation; see -ese
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Con·go·lese   (kŏng'gō-lēz', -lēs')   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to either the Republic of the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) or to their peoples, languages, or cultures.

  2. Of or relating to the region surrounding the Congo River or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

n.   pl. Congolese
A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the area surrounding the Congo River.

[French congolais, from Congo, Congo (probably on the model of angolais, Angolan).]
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