Synonyms for Kinshasa
kɪnˈʃɑ sə, ˈkɪn ʃɑ səkin·shasa

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1. Kinshasanoun

   Synonyms:
   Leopoldville

2. Kinshasanoun

   The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River; founded in 1881 by the explorer Henry M. Stanley, who named it after his patron, Leopold II of Belgium, it became capital of the Belgian Congo in 1926 and was the scene of the revolt (June 1960) that led to Congo's independence; in 1966 its name was changed to Kinshasa, after the name of an early village that occupied the site.

   Synonyms:
   Leopoldville

Princeton's WordNet

1. Kinshasa, Leopoldvillenoun

   the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville

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1. • Congo
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How to use Kinshasa in a sentence?

1. Alejandro Costa:

   If we have to vaccinate Kinshasa, that would be a trigger, we don't have enough vaccine. Kinshasa has a population of 12 million to 14 million people and we only have today around six million doses.

2. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki:

   Our ambassador in Kinshasa has raised this at the highest levels with the DRC government.

3. Salimata Diop:

   In Kinshasa (the capital of the DRC) the subjects of art were typically social, lighter and with a lot of humor.

4. Jannot Nlandu:

   Even in death he can draw huge crowds he is the king of Kinshasa.

5. Andre Magnin:

   These artists, who had begun as billboard painters, decorators and illustrators, had set up their studio on the busy streets of Kinshasa so that their canvases would be seen by everyone, i was struck by the freedom, variety, humor, and beauty of the paintings that were passing before my eyes.