ザイール共和国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
共 和 国
きょう
Grade: 4 		わ
Grade: 3 		こく
Grade: 2
kan'on goon on'yomi
Alternative spelling
ザイール共和國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

ザイール (Zaīru, “Zaire”) +‎ 共和国 (kyōwakoku, “republic”)

Proper noun

ザイール共(きょう)和(わ)国(こく) • (Zaīru Kyōwakoku) 

  1. (historical) Republic of Zaire (former official name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971 through 1997)
    • 1985 September 25, Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太(た)の大(だい)魔(ま)境(きょう) [Nobita’s Demonic Haunt] (大長編ドラえもん; 3), volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 40:
      そのアフリカ大(たい)陸(りく)ほぼ中(ちゅう)央(おう)にザイール共(きょう)和(わ)国(こく)がある。面(めん)積(せき)は日(にっ)本(ぽん)の六(ろく)倍(ばい)半(はん)にもおよぶ。
      Sono Afurika tairiku hobo chūō ni Zaīru Kyōwakoku ga aru. Menseki wa Nippon no rokubaihan ni mo oyobu.
      The Republic of Zaire is located around the center of Africa. It is six and a half times larger than Japan.
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