Cong

¹

[ kong ]

noun

1. Informal. Vietcong.

cong.

²

abbreviation for

1. gallon.

Cong.

³

abbreviation for

1. Congregational.
2. Congregationalist.
3. Congress.
4. Congressional.

Cong.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Congregational
2. Congress
3. Congressional

cong.

²

abbreviation for

1. obsolete.
   pharmacol congius
2. congregation

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cong¹

By shortening

Origin of Cong²

From the Latin word congius

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cong¹

(for sense 1) Latin: gallon

Example Sentences

At “Calibration,” a group exhibition in June at the LaiSun Keane gallery in Boston, Lee presented four 3D-printed pieces: three Chun meiping vases, which were popular forms during China’s Song dynasty, and one “Tetris”-inspired piece of cong pottery, based on a Chinese Bronze Age form.

From Los Angeles Times

Su Cong, 29, was scrolling on his phone in February when he noticed an ad with undeniable appeal: a temporary retreat, a fresh start, a mental adjustment, a healed soul.

From Los Angeles Times

By early 1975, it was becoming clear that the war would end as South Vietnam strongholds fell to the communist forces of the Viet Cong.

From BBC

Medina told his dispirited troops that the next morning they’d be storming My Lai, where intelligence officials had located several hundred members of the crack Viet Cong 48th Local Force Battalion.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, Calley said he believed he and his men were under orders to kill anyone they saw as a threat — and women and children had been known to plant land mines, set booby traps and hide Viet Cong fighters.

From Los Angeles Times