Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kinshasa

/kɪnˈʃɑːsə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: kin-shasa
IPA: /kɪnˈʃɑːsə/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.

name

The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.

Etymology

From Kongo [Term?] (“the salt market”).

Inflected Forms

Kin (alternative)

Derived Forms

Kinshasan

Synonyms

Leopoldville

Rhymes With

casa asa mombasa lhasa lassa basa kielbasa bourassa ossa thalassa kolasa lanasa

Questions

How do you pronounce kinshasa?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɪnˈʃɑːsə/.
What does kinshasa mean?: The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.
Where does kinshasa come from?: From Kongo [Term?] (“the salt market”).

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