mongala
mongala Lexical Profile
• noun
A major river in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, flowing generally southwest to join the right bank of the Congo River.
"During the colonial era, steamboats frequently navigated the Mongala to transport rubber and ivory from the dense interior of the basin."
A province situated in the northern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, created in 2015 from the northern part of the former Équateur province.
"The administrative capital of Mongala is the city of Lisala, historically significant as the birthplace of former Congolese president Mobutu Sese Seko."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the indigenous name for the river in local Bantu languages of the Congo River basin, which eventually lent its name to the modern administrative province.
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