Congo vs. Kongo — What's the Difference?

A republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960

A member of a people living in west-central Africa along the lower Congo River.

A major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic

A Bantu language of the Kongo used as a lingua franca in the southern Republic of the Congo, the western Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Angola. Also called Kikongo.

A republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960

: a kind of Chinese black tea.

Black tea grown in China

The Bantu language spoken by the Kongo people living in the tropical forests of Zaire and Congo and Angola