Belgian Congo

Belgian Congo

English

Proper noun

the Belgian Congo

1. (historical) A Belgian colony in Africa, the successor to King Leopold II of Belgium's Congo Free State and predecessor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [from 1908 to 1960]

Translations

Belgian colony

Dutch: Belgisch-Congo Finnish: Belgian Kongo French: Congo belge (fr) m German: Belgisch-Kongo m Irish: Congó na Beilge m

Italian: Congo Belga Portuguese: Congo Belga m Romanian: Congo Belgian m Spanish: Congo Belga m Swedish: Belgiska Kongo