Explore Kinshasa through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like leopoldville. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Kinshasa in a sentence
Kinshasa meaning
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.
Synonyms of Kinshasa
Using Kinshasa
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: leopoldville, national capital.
- In the example corpus, kinshasa often appears in combinations such as: in kinshasa, capital kinshasa, kinshasa on.
Context around Kinshasa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kinshasa
- In this selection, "kinshasa" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, congo, kamaria, democratic, brazzaville and pope stand out and add context to how "kinshasa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include came to kinshasa and conurbation of kinshasa brazzaville has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kinshasa" sits close to words such as aggravating, airbags and alder, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kinshasa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nak then rushes for another Kinshasa which Rollins sidesteps. (9 words)
Kamale reported from Kinshasa, Congo, and Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal. (11 words)
The government in Kinshasa accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23, something Kigali denies. (13 words)
Pope Francis, left, arrives with President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo for a welcome ceremony at the "Palais de la Nation" in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuesday, Jan. (36 words)
The two principal river routes are: *Kinshasa to Mbandaka and Kisangani on the River Congo *Kinshasa to Ilebo on the Kasai River See the diagrammatic transport map above for other river waterways. (32 words)
Together with Kinshasa, the combined conurbation of Kinshasa-Brazzaville has thus about 12 million inhabitants (although significant political and infrastructure challenges prevent the two cities from functioning with any meaningful connection). (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
The two principal river routes are: *Kinshasa to Mbandaka and Kisangani on the River Congo *Kinshasa to Ilebo on the Kasai River See the diagrammatic transport map above for other river waterways.
Together with Kinshasa, the combined conurbation of Kinshasa-Brazzaville has thus about 12 million inhabitants (although significant political and infrastructure challenges prevent the two cities from functioning with any meaningful connection).
Declan Walsh reported from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Abdi Latif Dahir from Nairobi, Kenya.
In Kinshasa on Wednesday as thousands queued for the pope's open air mass, many declined to answer when asked what they thought about his stance on decriminalisation.
Kinshasa, a large and impoverished city of more than 10 million people, is getting a face lift ahead of the papal visit.
Kinshasa is broken up and Rhodes grabs a half crab, with Nakamura quickly getting away.
KINSHASA — Pope Francis flies into Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday for a visit that will highlight the human cost of protracted conflict in the vast central African country.
Nak then rushes for another Kinshasa which Rollins sidesteps.
Polls began to open at 9 a.m. in Kinshasa, an AFP reporter saw, after long delays in setting up.
Pope Francis, left, arrives with President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo for a welcome ceremony at the "Palais de la Nation" in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuesday, Jan.
Security forces assault a supporter of presidential candidate Martin Fayulu during clashes outside his party's headquarters, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.
The government in Kinshasa accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23, something Kigali denies.
The Millionaire nightclub in Kinshasa is frequented by the local elite and expatriates.
We’ll deal with the fire marshal later,” said Kinshasa Sayers, an uncle and church elder.
Workshops will be delivered by writer Amanda Michalopoulou and by Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, a poet combining poetry with dance.
Kamale reported from Kinshasa, Congo, and Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal.
Kinshasa Brantley, a Houston native who is a recent transplant to Lake Charles, watched from the Jury Duty parking lot diagonal to the Event Center’s front entrance.
Now 64, Diabintu was just a teenager when Ali and Foreman came to Kinshasa.
Okende disappeared in Kinshasa on July 12, 2023, and was found dead in his car with gunshot wounds the next day.
Opposition leader Christian Malanga was killed in a shootout while resisting arrest after attacking the presidential palace in Kinshasa.
Common combinations with kinshasa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in kinshasa 38×
- capital kinshasa 11×
- kinshasa on 7×
- kinshasa is 6×
- kinshasa and 6×
- kinshasa to 5×
- from kinshasa 5×
- kinshasa democratic 5×
- of kinshasa 5×
- the kinshasa 5×