Belgian Congo

noun

1. a former name (1908–60) of Congo

Example Sentences

Henri Lopes was born on Sept. 12, 1937, in what was then Léopoldville, later Kinshasa, the capital of what was then the Belgian Congo.

From New York Times

Born in South Africa in 1921 to a French father and British mother, Phyllis was orphaned at the age of four and went to live with an uncle in Jadotville in the Belgian Congo.

From BBC

Nine of Belgium’s 23 richest families still trace their fortunes to Belgian Congo, one survey found.

From New York Times

“The United States has only very poor ores of uranium in moderate quantities,” Mr. Einstein wrote, noting that “the most important source of uranium is Belgian Congo.”

From New York Times

"To the memory of the Belgian Congo," smiles Diop as he accepts the booty.

From Salon