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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the, formerly Zaïre zīˈēr, zäērˈ [key], republic ...Congo, Republic of the
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Congo, Republic of the, republic (2015 est. pop. 4,996,000), 132,046 sq mi (342,000 sq km), W central Africa; also known as the Congo Republic. Congo is bordered on the west by Gabon; on the no...Congo Republic
(Encyclopedia)Congo Republic: see Congo, Republic of the. ...Congo, kingdom of the
(Encyclopedia)Congo, kingdom of the: see Kongo, kingdom of. ...Congo, Belgian
(Encyclopedia)Congo, Belgian: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the. ...Belgian Congo
(Encyclopedia)Belgian Congo: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the. ...Zaïre, country, Africa
(Encyclopedia)Zaïre, country, Africa: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the. ...Kasavubu, Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Kasavubu, Joseph kăsˌəvo͞oˈbo͞o, käˈsə– [key], 1917?–1969, African political leader, president of the Republic of the Congo (1960–65, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). He studi...Grand Army of the Republic
(Encyclopedia)Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), organization established by Civil War veterans of the Union army and navy. Principal figures in the founding of the GAR were John A. Logan and Richard J. Oglesby. The...Democratic party
(Encyclopedia)Democratic party, American political party; the oldest continuous political party in the United States. In 1960, John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated the Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon, in the ...Browse by Subject
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