Congo - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Congo : (noun)
1: a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 [syn: Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgian Congo]
2: a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic [syn: Congo, Congo River]
3: a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960 [syn: Congo, Republic of the Congo, French Congo]
4: black tea grown in China [syn: congou, congou tea, English breakfast tea]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Congou \Con"gou\,Congo : \Con"go\, n. [Chin. kung-foo labor.] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea.

Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the ``well worked'', a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term ``English breakfast tea.'' --S. W. Williams.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)