River Kasai
- proper noun
- The River Kasai forms part of the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Examples
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During the rainy season, the River Kasai often floods its surrounding plains.
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A network of villages lies along the banks of the River Kasai.
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The River Kasai is one of the longest rivers in Africa.
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Many fish species thrive in the River Kasai.
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A network of villages lies along the banks of the River Kasai.
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During the rainy season, the River Kasai often floods its surrounding plains.
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The River Kasai forms part of the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Synonyms
A river in southwest Africa that begins in central Angola and joins the Congo River
A river in central Africa that starts in Angola, forms part of the Angola–Congo border, and joins the Congo River
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of the generic noun 'river' and the proper name 'Kasai', so a learner who knows both constituents will understand it denotes the river called Kasai and can infer its geographic nature. This naming pattern is cross-linguistically regular and non-idiomatic, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
River Kasai may come from a local word Kasai that meant 'river' or 'place of many fish', because people long ago used that name for the water. So the word stayed, and today River Kasai is the name of the large river in southwestern Africa.
