Zaire is the old name of DR of Congo...
in reply to a message by Diva
...and it comes from the word "zaire" which is the Portugese variant of the Bantu "nzari" = river. Zaire is how the European explorers named the African river Congo when they first saw it.
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the meaning of the name....Zaire  ·  Diva  ·  1/29/2003, 11:27 AM
Zaire is the old name of DR of Congo...  ·  Ivayla  ·  1/29/2003, 12:19 PM
Correction  ·  Ivayla  ·  1/29/2003, 5:46 PM