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aqua regia

(Encyclopedia) aqua regiaaqua regiaäkˈwə [key]aqua regiarēˈjēə [key] [Lat.,=royal water], corrosive, fuming yellow liquid prepared by mixing one volume of concentrated nitric acid with three to four…

Ubangi

(Encyclopedia) UbangiUbangi&oomacr;bängˈgē, y&oomacr;băngˈ– [key], Fr. Oubangui, river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, formed on the Congo (Kinshasa)–Central African Republic border, central…

Lualaba

(Encyclopedia) Lualaba, river, Congo: see Congo, river.

Congo Republic

(Encyclopedia) Congo Republic: see Congo, Republic of the.

French Congo

(Encyclopedia) French Congo: see Congo, Republic of the.

Middle Congo

(Encyclopedia) Middle Congo: see Congo, Republic of the.

Pool Malebo

(Encyclopedia) Pool Malebo, lakelike expansion of the Congo River, c.320 sq mi (830 sq km), along the Congo (Kinshasa)–Congo (Brazzaville) border, W central Africa, c.350 mi (560 km) from the Congo's…

Congo, Belgian

(Encyclopedia) Congo, Belgian: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the.

Belgian Congo

(Encyclopedia) Belgian Congo: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the.

Boma

(Encyclopedia) BomaBomabōˈmə [key], city (1984 pop. 197,617), Kongo Central prov., W Congo (Kinshasa), on the Congo River estuary. A port and railhead, it exports tropical timber, bananas, cacao, and…