Kinshasa
Kinshasa (capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
Capital and largest city of DR Congo. It faces Brazzaville across the Congo River.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. ln.wikipedia writes Kinsasa (headword Kinsásá) and calls the capital mboka-mokonzi; it also says the city lies very close to Brazzaville.
Gombe
Gombe (commune of Kinshasa)
Usage
A commune in the north of Kinshasa and its administrative and economic centre, with most government institutions and embassies.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a commune is komini; ln.wikipedia has Ndjili ezali komini ya Kinsasa, Ndjili is a commune of Kinshasa.
Kasa-Vubu
Kasa-Vubu (commune of Kinshasa)
Usage
A commune in central Kinshasa, developed from the 1940s and one of the historic hearts of the city.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a commune is komini; ln.wikipedia has Ndjili ezali komini ya Kinsasa, Ndjili is a commune of Kinshasa.
Ngaliema
Ngaliema (commune of Kinshasa)
Usage
A commune in the west of Kinshasa that climbs Mont Ngaliema along the road to Matadi.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a commune is komini; ln.wikipedia has Ndjili ezali komini ya Kinsasa, Ndjili is a commune of Kinshasa.
Limete
Limete (commune of Kinshasa)
Usage
A commune in the east of Kinshasa, between the Pool Malebo and Boulevard Lumumba.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a commune is komini; ln.wikipedia has Ndjili ezali komini ya Kinsasa, Ndjili is a commune of Kinshasa.
Masina
Masina (commune of Kinshasa)
Usage
A populous commune in the east of Kinshasa, nicknamed La Chine.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a commune is komini; ln.wikipedia has Ndjili ezali komini ya Kinsasa, Ndjili is a commune of Kinshasa.
Matonge
Matonge (neighbourhood of Kinshasa)
Usage
A popular district in the north of the Kalamu commune of Kinshasa.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Aéroport international de N'djili
Aéroport international de N'djili (main airport of Kinshasa)
Usage
The main airport of Kinshasa, about 20 km east of the city and linked to it by Boulevard Lumumba.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. ln.wikipedia writes the commune name Ndjili (also Nzili in Lingala); the airport is signed in the French spelling.
Pool Malebo
Pool Malebo (lake-like widening of the lower Congo River)
Usage
The lake-like stretch of the lower Congo River between Kinshasa and Brazzaville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Beach Ngobila
Beach Ngobila (passenger crossing port between Kinshasa and Brazzaville)
Usage
The port where passengers board and land when crossing the Congo River between Kinshasa and Brazzaville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. Here "beach" is the local name for a river landing stage on the Congo, not a sandy beach.
Boulevard du 30 Juin
Boulevard du 30 Juin (central avenue of Kinshasa)
Usage
The central avenue of Kinshasa, named after 30 June, the independence date.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Congo
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Congo (Catholic cathedral of Kinshasa)
Usage
A Catholic cathedral on the avenue de la Libération, also called simply the cathedral of Kinshasa.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Palais du Peuple
Palais du Peuple (seat of the Parliament)
Usage
The parliament building in Kinshasa, seat of the National Assembly and the Senate.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Stade des Martyrs
Stade des Martyrs (national stadium of Kinshasa)
Usage
The national stadium, used mainly for football but also for concerts and athletics. It was formerly called Stade Kamanyola.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Académie des beaux-arts de Kinshasa
Académie des beaux-arts de Kinshasa (school of visual and applied arts)
Usage
The art school of Kinshasa, known by the acronym ABA.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Musée national de la RDC
Musée national de la RDC (national museum in Kinshasa)
Usage
The national museum of the country, devoted to the cultural history of its many ethnic groups and to historical periods.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Lola ya Bonobo
Lola ya Bonobo (bonobo sanctuary)
Usage
A sanctuary that rescues young bonobos orphaned by poaching, in the Mont-Ngafula commune south of Kinshasa.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. French sources translate the name as the paradise of the bonobos. The ln.wikipedia article Bonobo says the bonobo is a large primate living in Central Africa, in DR Congo.
Parc de la vallée de la N'sele
Parc de la vallée de la N'sele (animal park near Kinshasa)
Usage
An animal park of about 20,000 hectares in the Maluku commune near Kinshasa, also called the Kingakati park.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Ebale Kongo
Ebale Kongo (Lingala name of the Congo River)
Usage
The great river on which Kinshasa and Brazzaville face each other. The ln.wikipedia headword is Ebale Kongó.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. Ebale means river (about 600 times in the Bible); ln.wikipedia has loboko-ya-mwasi ya Ebale ya Kongo for the left bank of the Congo River.
Chutes Livingstone
Chutes Livingstone (series of rapids below the Pool Malebo)
Usage
A series of rapids on the Congo River below the Pool Malebo, named after the explorer David Livingstone.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Barrage d'Inga
Barrage d'Inga (hydroelectric dams on the Congo River)
Usage
Two hydroelectric dams on the Congo River near the city of Matadi.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Chutes de Zongo
Chutes de Zongo (waterfalls on the Inkisi River)
Usage
Waterfalls on the Inkisi River, one of the country's biggest tourist sites.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Jardin botanique de Kisantu
Jardin botanique de Kisantu (botanical garden near Kisantu)
Usage
A botanical garden near Kisantu in Kongo Central, created in 1900; its rehabilitation began in 2004.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
The capital of Haut-Katanga province and, until 2015, of the former Katanga province.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Matadi
Matadi (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
Capital of Kongo Central province with a port, founded in 1886 on the left bank of the Congo River.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Kisangani
Kisangani (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
Capital of Tshopo province in the north-east of DR Congo.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Mbuji-Mayi
Mbuji-Mayi (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
A city in the centre of DR Congo, capital of the Kasaï-Oriental province.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Kananga
Kananga (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
Capital of Kasaï-Central province, formerly called Luluabourg.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Mbandaka
Mbandaka (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
Capital of Équateur province and a river port where the Ruki River meets the Congo River.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Boma
Boma (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
A port city on the right bank of the Congo River, capital of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo from 1886 to 1929.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Kikwit
Kikwit (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
The main city of Kwilu province, on the Kwilu River and linked to Kinshasa by National Road 1.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Kolwezi
Kolwezi (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
A mining city and capital of Lualaba province.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Likasi
Likasi (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
A city in Haut-Katanga created in 1916-17 with the copper mines; it was called Jadotville from 1931 to 1971.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Kalemie
Kalemie (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
Capital of Tanganyika province, formerly called Albertville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Parc national de la Salonga
Parc national de la Salonga (national park in DR Congo)
Usage
A national park in DR Congo.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Parc national de l'Upemba
Parc national de l'Upemba (national park in Haut-Katanga)
Usage
A national park in the north-west of Haut-Katanga covering 11,730 km2; with the Kundelungu park it is the only place in DR Congo where zebras live in the wild.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Lac Tanganyika
Lac Tanganyika (one of the African Great Lakes)
Usage
One of the African Great Lakes and, by area, the second largest lake in Africa after Lake Victoria.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Lac Kivu
Lac Kivu (lake on the border of DR Congo and Rwanda)
Usage
Name only: one of the African Great Lakes, on the border of DR Congo and Rwanda.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Parc national des Virunga
Parc national des Virunga (national park in eastern DR Congo)
Usage
Name only: created in 1925, the oldest national park in Africa.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. The ln.wikipedia headword is Parke ya Virunga (parke means park).
Goma
Goma (city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
Name only: the capital of North Kivu province, on the north shore of Lake Kivu.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Bukavu
Bukavu (city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage
Name only: the capital of South Kivu province, on the south-west shore of Lake Kivu.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Brazzaville
Brazzaville (capital of the Republic of the Congo)
Usage
The political and administrative capital and most populous city of the Republic of the Congo, facing Kinshasa across the river.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. The ln.wikipedia headword is Blazavile and the nickname Braza is also used; the capital is called mboka-mokonzi.
Aéroport Maya-Maya
Aéroport Maya-Maya (international airport of Brazzaville)
Usage
The international airport of Brazzaville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Bacongo
Bacongo (arrondissement of Brazzaville)
Usage
One of the oldest arrondissements of Brazzaville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. ln.wikipedia also keeps the French word arrondissements for the districts of Brazzaville.
Makélékélé
Makélékélé (arrondissement 1 of Brazzaville)
Usage
The first arrondissement of Brazzaville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. It is the first name in the ln.wikipedia list of the districts of Brazzaville.
Poto-Poto
Poto-Poto (arrondissement 3 of Brazzaville)
Usage
The third arrondissement of Brazzaville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Moungali
Moungali (arrondissement 4 of Brazzaville)
Usage
The fourth arrondissement of Brazzaville, also spelled Mungali.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Ouenzé
Ouenzé (arrondissement 5 of Brazzaville)
Usage
The fifth of the nine arrondissements of Brazzaville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Talangaï
Talangaï (arrondissement 6 of Brazzaville)
Usage
The sixth arrondissement of Brazzaville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Mfilou
Mfilou (arrondissement 7 of Brazzaville)
Usage
The seventh arrondissement of Brazzaville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Mémorial Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Mémorial Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (monument in Brazzaville to the explorer de Brazza)
Usage
A monument to the explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, often called the Brazza Mausoleum, inaugurated on 3 October 2006.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Pointe-Noire
Pointe-Noire (city in the Republic of the Congo)
Usage
A large port city of the Republic of the Congo on the Atlantic coast.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Dolisie
Dolisie (city in the Republic of the Congo)
Usage
Capital of the Niari department, called Loubomo between 1975 and 1991, on the Pointe-Noire to Brazzaville axis.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Ouesso
Ouesso (city in the Republic of the Congo)
Usage
A city in the north of the Republic of the Congo, capital of the Sangha department.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Nkayi
Nkayi (city in the Republic of the Congo)
Usage
The main city of the Bouenza department, about 250 km from Brazzaville.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence. In Lingala a city is engumba; ln.wikipedia has Mbuji-Mayi ezali engumba ya Kongo-Kinsasa, Mbuji-Mayi is a city of DR Congo.
Parc national d'Odzala-Kokoua
Parc national d'Odzala-Kokoua (national park in the north-west of the Republic of the Congo)
Usage
A national park of about 13,546 km2 in the north-west of the Republic of the Congo.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
Parc national de Conkouati-Douli
Parc national de Conkouati-Douli (coastal national park of the Republic of the Congo)
Usage
A coastal national park of the Republic of the Congo and a Ramsar site.
Grammar Note
Place names are used as written on signs and maps; the form does not change inside a Lingala sentence.
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