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Congo Free State, a former name: As above, a translation of the French État indépendant du Congo ("Free State of the Congo"), formed by Leopold II of Belgium in 1885 to administer the holdings of the International Congo Society acknowledged as separate from the country of Belgium at the 1884 Berlin Conference.
Kiernan Jarryd Forbes (28 January 1988 – 10 February 2023), [3] known professionally as AKA, was a South African rapper, record producer, and businessman. Born in Cape Town and raised in Johannesburg , Forbes gained recognition after releasing his single "Victory Lap" from his debut studio album, Altar Ego (2011).
AKA, a French-language film; AKA, a drama film "A.K.A." (Jericho episode), a 2007 episode of the TV series Jericho; a.k.a. Cartoon, a Canadian animation company; Aka Pella (Histeria!), a character from the cartoon Histeria! Channel AKA, former name of the UK music television channel Now 70s
Aka is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name. Aka Akasaka (born 1988), Japanese manga artist; Aka Gündüz (1886–1958 ...
Mass Country was certified Gold by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) two weeks after its release, [13] and later Platinum. Sony Music Africa hosted a private brunch to celebrate the milestone and announced that the posthumous album surpassed 35,404 album-equivalent units , which is equivalent to 40,972,588 streams in South Africa alone.
The long list of alternative names or titles for specific person is somewhat like documenting the etymology or formal origin of a word, such as starting with the Greek and/or Latin words, then the French word, or Old English, followed by the Middle English word, etc. Hence, the format is familiar and easy to copy, as if it represented the ...
Country Source of name Afghanistan: Supposedly named after tribal chief Prince Afghana. [2] Armenia (Hayastan) Hayk: Bangladesh: from "Bengal", which, according to one hypothesis, is named after Bang, son of Hind, son of Ham, son of Noah [3] [4] [5] Belarus: Rus: Cambodia: Sage Kambu Swayambhuva: Czech Republic: Čech: Denmark: Dan I of Denmark ...
Democratic Republic of the Congo (official, English), Zaire (former official name, 1971 to 1997; still occasionally used to distinguish it from Republic of the Congo), DRC (initialism), Congo Kinshasa (used in contrast to "Congo Brazzaville"), Belgian Congo (former name during Belgian colonization, 1908 to 1960, English), Congo belge (former ...