congo
コンゴ
解説 Definition
中央アフリカに位置する国。コンゴ民主共和国とコンゴ共和国の2つの国がある。
Congo is a geographical proper name used for the Congo River and for the names of two Central African countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo. Context is needed to determine which place is intended.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Congo は固有名詞なので通常 Congo と大文字で書きます。一国だけの略称とは限らず、the Democratic Republic of the Congo と the Republic of the Congo の二国、さらに the Congo River を指す点が重要です。Kongo 王国の名が川や国名へ受け継がれた流れと結び付け、文脈でどの「コンゴ」か確認しましょう。
Capitalize Congo because it is a geographical proper name. Do not automatically treat it as the short name of only one country. Learn the complete names “the Democratic Republic of the Congo” and “the Republic of the Congo,” together with “the Congo River.” Picture the river running through Central Africa and connecting the regional uses of the name. The historical Kongo kingdom also helps explain why the same name appears across this area. In reading, use nearby words such as Democratic Republic, Republic, river, capital, or border to identify the intended reference.
例文
The Congo River is the second longest river in Africa.
コンゴ川はアフリカで2番目に長い川です。
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is rich in natural resources such as cobalt.
コンゴ民主共和国はコバルトなどの天然資源が豊富です。
There are two countries in Africa with Congo in their name.
アフリカにはコンゴの名前がつく国が2つあります。
congo の類義語・関連語
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congo の語源・成り立ち Etymology
コンゴ川の名に由来し、バントゥー系言語のコンゴ王国（Kongo）から取られた。「山」を意味する現地語 nkongo が起源とされる。関連語: Congolese（コンゴ人）。かつて栄えたコンゴ王国の名が川・国の両方に受け継がれた。
The geographical name Congo reached European languages from Kongo, the name of the historic Kingdom of Kongo and its people in west-central Africa. The kingdom’s name was subsequently applied to the Congo River and, later, to modern political territories and states. A further connection with a local term transcribed as nkongo, sometimes interpreted in relation to mountains or gathering, has been proposed, but the deeper derivation is not entirely certain.
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