ZAIRE  , a name by which the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• CONGO

Congo was formerly known . Zaire is a Portuguese variant of a See also:

• BANTU

Bantu word (nzari) meaning river . In the 16th and 17th centuries the powerful native See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Congo possessed both See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• LOWER

lower river, and the name of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time given to the river also . Until, however, the last See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century " Zaire " was frequently used to designate the stream . It is so called by See also:

• CAMOENS [CAMOES], LUIS VAZ DE (1524-1580)

Camoens in the Lusiads . Since H . M . See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley's discoveries " Congo " has become the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general name for the river from its mouth to Stanley Falls, despite an effort on the See also:

• PART

part of Stanley to have the stream re-named See also:

• LIVINGSTONE, DAVID (1813-1873)

Livingstone .