Kinshasa

== English == === Alternative forms === Kin === Etymology === From Kongo [Term?] (“the salt market”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɪnˈʃɑːsə/ enPR: kĭn-shä′sə enPR: kēn-shä′sä, kēn-shä-sä′ Rhymes: -ɑːsə === Proper noun === Kinshasa The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River. ==== Synonyms ==== Leopoldville (obsolete) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Kashanis == Afrikaans == === Proper noun === Kinshasa Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) ==== Derived terms ==== Kongo-Kinshasa == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkɪnʃasa] === Proper noun === Kinshasa f (relational adjective kinshaský) Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Kinshasa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Etymology === Named after a nearby village. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɪnˈʃaː.saː/ Hyphenation: Kin‧sha‧sa === Proper noun === Kinshasa n Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) ==== Synonyms ==== Leopoldstad (historical) Leopoldville (historical) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kin.ʃa.sa/ === Proper noun === Kinshasa m Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) Synonym: (historical) Léopoldville ==== Derived terms ==== Kin Kinois / kinois == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Kinshasa f alternative spelling of Quinxassa == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kinʃasa/, [ˈkinʃasa], [ˈkin̠ʃasa] Rhymes: -asa Hyphenation: Kin‧sha‧sa === Proper noun === Kinshasa f (genitive singular Kinshasy, declension pattern of žena) Kinshasa (the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) === References === “Kinshasa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kinˈʃasa/ [kĩnʲˈʃa.sa] Rhymes: -asa Syllabification: Kin‧sha‧sa === Proper noun === Kinshasa ? alternative form of Kinsasa