Kasai
- proper noun
- The Kasai River flows northwest through the Democratic Republic of the Congo before joining the Congo River.
- Kasai and Katanga
- Kasai Occidental
- Kasai Luba
Examples
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In 2010, in Kasai Occidental, southwestern DRC, a different genetic cluster of WPV1 was introduced from Angola and the Republic of Congo.
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The former group emigrated to the Kasai River region in the eighteenth century as a result of political strife.
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Most of the masks at Tervuren were collected by the Compagnie du Kasai, and little is known about their origin.
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He was born in this village called Onalua and in the Kasai province in Congo.
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In response to the VDPV2 outbreak, mass vaccination campaigns were performed in areas of Maniema, Kasai Occidental, and Katanga.
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The exact nature of this relationship remains unclear, but the westernmost Luba groups of Kasai, including the Luluwa, have apparently never been real vassals of any of those kingdoms.
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Together with the Luntu, the Konji, and the Luba-Lubilanji, the Luluwa form the so-called Luba-Kasai cluster.
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Wildlife along the Kasai includes various species that thrive in its unique ecosystem.
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In Angola, the Kasai River marks part of the border with the Congo.
Synonyms
A river in southwest Africa that begins in central Angola and joins the Congo River
A river in southwestern Africa that starts in Angola and flows into the Congo River, partly forming a border
Compounds
A river in southwestern Africa that starts in Angola and flows into the Congo River, partly forming a border
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Kasai comes from local languages in central Africa and was the traditional name people along its banks used for the river. So today Kasai is simply the local name for that waterway, and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine the local people pointing to 'their river'.
