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Belgian Congo

British

noun

a former name (1908–60) of Congo

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In the former Belgian Congo, Simon Kimbangu is believed to have miraculously healed a sick woman in 1921, marking the early beginnings of the Kimbanguist church.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

A Belgium court has ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly removed from their families in the colonial-era Belgian Congo.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

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

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2022

Glenn Close: My dad worked in the former Belgian Congo.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2020

So Mr. Patrice will be the Prime Minister of the Congo now and it won’t be the Belgian Congo anymore, it will be the Republic of Congo.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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