Where does “コンゴ民主共和国” come from?

コンゴ民主共和国 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 共和国, from Japanese 国, from Old Japanese 国.

Ancestry of “コンゴ民主共和国”, step by step

コンゴ民主共和国 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 共和国

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese共和国republic
2Japanese国a land, a large place; a country in general, a...
3Old Japanese国—

via Japanese 民主

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese民主democracy
2Chinese民主democracy; monarch; functionary; official

via Japanese コンゴ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseコンゴCongo
2FrenchCongoCongo
Every word from Old Japanese 国 →Every word from Japanese 国 →Every word from Japanese 共和国 →
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