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The use of Congo seems to have replaced Zaire gradually in English usage during the 18th century and Congo was the preferred English name in 19th-century literature, although references to Zahir or Zaire as the name used by the local population (i.e. derived from Portuguese usage) remained common. [8]
Zaire Anderson (born 1992), American football player; Zaire Barnes (born 1999), American football player; Zaire Bartley (born 1998), Jamaican footballer; Zaire Franklin (born 1996), American football player; Zaire Lewis (born 1980), member of hip hop producer duo Keelay and Zaire; Zaire Mitchell-Paden (born 1999), American football player
Authenticité, [note 1] sometimes Zairisation or Zairianisation in English, was an official state ideology of the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko that originated in the late 1960s and early 1970s in what was first the Democratic Republic of Congo, later renamed Zaire.
Orthoebolavirus zairense [1] or Zaire ebolavirus, more commonly known as Ebola virus (/ i ˈ b oʊ l ə, ɪ-/; EBOV), is one of six known species within the genus Ebolavirus. [2] Four of the six known ebolaviruses, including EBOV, cause a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other mammals, known as Ebola virus disease (EVD).
sambo – Fula sambo meaning "uncle" sangoma – from Zulu – "traditional healer" (often used in South African English) shea – A tree and the oil Shea butter which comes from its seeds, comes from its name in Bambara; tango – probably from Ibibio tamgu; tilapia – possibly a Latinization of "tlhapi", the Tswana word for "fish" [14]
Zaire Wade is expected to join the Utah Jazz’s affiliate Salt Lake City Stars. The elder Wade became a part-owner of the Jazz in April. The Stars open their season on November 5.
Zaire (name), includes a list of people with the given name or surname; Zaire (currency), the currency of Congo and later Zaire from 1967 to 1997; Zaire, a 1732 play by Voltaire; Zaïre. Revue Congolaise—Congoleesch Tijdschrift, Belgian African studies journal; Zaïre-FPAC, a decentralized Hema militant group
Unless otherwise specified, Words in English from Amerindian Languages is among the sources used for each etymology. A number of words from Quechua have entered English, mostly via Spanish, adopting Hispanicized spellings. Ayahuasca (definition) from aya "corpse" and waska "rope", via Spanish ayahuasca Cachua (definition) from qhachwa ...