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Katanga meaning

  1. A region in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession.
  2. Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo.
  3. Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French.

Using Katanga

  • The main meaning on this page is: A region in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession. | Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo. | Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French.
  • In the example corpus, katanga often appears in combinations such as: in katanga, katanga said, katanga province.

Context around Katanga

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

rich 1× bloomberg 1× molly 1× henry 1× account 1× charity 1× elected 1× fix 1× wenceslaus 1× listed 1×

Often after:

province 3× lumumba 1× removes 1× southern 1× johnson 1× kicked 1× mining 1× seceding 1×

Sentence patterns with Katanga

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

9 bloomberg katanga johnson the 1× action in katanga southern congo 1× base was katanga 1× born in katanga and those 1× businessman henry katanga kicked off 1× commissioner charity katanga has explained 1× him fix katanga s mining 1× into account katanga province as 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

capt gs salaria 1× copperbelt police commissioner 1× godfied munongo the 1× his political career 1× in the early 1× january 9 bloomberg 1×

Common sentence endings:

and nuclear bombs 1× base was katanga 1× for zambian products 1× identified as sharon 1× katanga s governor 1× katanga southern congo 1×

Words around Katanga

Just before it in the word index:

katandula 4 katanas 8 katana 63 katan 57 katampe 3 katame 4

Just after it in the word index:

katannilik 2 katanning 2 kataoka 4 katar 2 katara 30 katare 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aau 66 acme 66 aggravate 66 aipac 66 aix 66 albino 66

Corpus analysis for Katanga

  • In this selection, "katanga" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, rich, bloomberg, molly, province, lumumba and removes stand out and add context to how "katanga" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 9 bloomberg katanga johnson the and action in katanga southern congo. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "katanga" sits close to words such as aau, acme and aggravate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with katanga

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Molly Katanga, the widow, was charged by the police with murder. (11 words)

When he died he had been trying to prevent Katanga seceding from Congo. (13 words)

His political career took off in 2007 when he was elected Katanga's governor. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

The study finds that 1 kg of nickel mined from saprolite and limonite ore in Sulawesi removes forests containing carbon stock equivalent to 7.0 and 9.4 kg of COe, and 1 kg of cobalt mined in Katanga removes 3.6 kg of COe. (45 words)

Reforms that help secure safer, more stable and higher-earning livelihoods for artisanal miners, both those born in Katanga and those who have come from elsewhere in the DRC, could contribute to easing competition and tensions between the two groups. (40 words)

When the high-profile murder trial of businessman Henry Katanga kicked off on July 9, 2024, the entire country looked on with interest, expecting to witness arguments and counterarguments backed by evidence from both sides in the High Court. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Since the United Nations refused to help suppress the rebellion in Katanga, Lumumba sought Soviet aid in the form of arms, food, medical supplies, trucks, and planes to help move troops to Katanga.

Katumbi, a former governor of mineral-rich Katanga province and chairman of the country’s leading football club, Tout Puissant Mazembe, was the main target of such attacks.

The study finds that 1 kg of nickel mined from saprolite and limonite ore in Sulawesi removes forests containing carbon stock equivalent to 7.0 and 9.4 kg of COe, and 1 kg of cobalt mined in Katanga removes 3.6 kg of COe.

Capt GS Salaria was awarded posthumously the Paramvir Chakra for action in Katanga, Southern Congo.

January 9 - Bloomberg (Katanga Johnson): "The Federal Reserve's top bank watchdog signaled that the central bank is unlikely to extend an emergency loan program that it started last year during the regional banking crisis.

Molly Katanga, the widow, was charged by the police with murder.

When the high-profile murder trial of businessman Henry Katanga kicked off on July 9, 2024, the entire country looked on with interest, expecting to witness arguments and counterarguments backed by evidence from both sides in the High Court.

Ms. Katanga said the gassing happened in the early hours of today, stating that 17 pupils at the boarding School were affected and rushed to Lufwanyama District Hospital.

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Our government should have had a business strategy that takes into account Katanga province as a market for Zambian products.

Reforms that help secure safer, more stable and higher-earning livelihoods for artisanal miners, both those born in Katanga and those who have come from elsewhere in the DRC, could contribute to easing competition and tensions between the two groups.

These tensions shoot through the governing coalition that Tshisekedi, whose family hails from Kasai, has formed with his predecessor Joseph Kabila, whose power base was Katanga.

Copperbelt Police commissioner Charity Katanga has explained that the incident happened after the deceased picked up a quarrel with his first wife only been identified as Sharon.

Godfied Munongo, the Interior Minister of Katanga Province, he not only hated Lumumba, he openly said it.

His political career took off in 2007 when he was elected Katanga's governor.

In the early 2000s, President Joseph Kabila, who had succeeded his father, Laurent, after his assassination in 2001, invited Katumbi back to the country to help him fix Katanga's mining sector.

Katanga is vastly wealthy in metals — cobalt, copper, gold, manganese, uranium, zinc — used in everything from electric wires to cellphones and nuclear bombs.

Katanga said the two promised to provide mealie meal and fertiliser to the scores of people they took money from but not a grain of either had been delivered to the would-be beneficiaries.

McHenry County State’s Attorney Joshua Frey announced Tuesday, Nov. 26, that he will not file charges against the Rev. Wenceslaus Katanga, who is on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Fargo Diocese.

Some industry insiders say Glencore's two majority-owned Congo-K companies, Mutanda and Toronto-listed Katanga Mining, which operates the Kamoto Copper Project, are also being prepared for sale.

When he died he had been trying to prevent Katanga seceding from Congo.

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Common combinations with katanga

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "katanga" in a sentence?
An example: "Since the United Nations refused to help suppress the rebellion in Katanga, Lumumba sought Soviet aid in the form of arms, food, medical supplies, trucks, and planes to help move troops to Katanga." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "katanga" from authentic English texts.
What does "katanga" mean?
Katanga means: A region in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession.
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