Zaire
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Truncation of Kongo nzadi o nzere ("river swallowing rivers", referring to the Congo river) adopted in accordance with the Authenticity Movement.
Proper noun
Zaire
- (historical) the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former name, used between 1971 and 1997).
Related terms
Translations
former name of DR of Congo
See also
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of Zaire (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Zaire | — | |
| genitive | Zairen | — | |
| partitive | Zairea | — | |
| illative | Zaireen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Zaire | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Zaire | — |
| gen. | Zairen | ||
| genitive | Zairen | — | |
| partitive | Zairea | — | |
| inessive | Zairessa | — | |
| elative | Zairesta | — | |
| illative | Zaireen | — | |
| adessive | Zairella | — | |
| ablative | Zairelta | — | |
| allative | Zairelle | — | |
| essive | Zairena | — | |
| translative | Zaireksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Zairetta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Italian
Derived terms
See also
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈθaiɾe/, [ˈθai̯ɾe]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈsaiɾe/, [ˈsai̯ɾe]
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