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zaire

/zah-eer, zah-eer/US // zɑˈɪər, ˈzɑ ɪər //UK // (zɑːˈɪə) //

扎伊尔,萨伊尔,扎尔

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural za·ire.

    • : a paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta.

Examples

  • De Merode came to the Democratic Republic of the Congo when it was still Zaire.

  • In all, the 1976 outbreak saw 318 cases in Zaire, 280 of which ended in death.

  • To break up the trip to Zaire, the two stopped in Geneva to meet with leaders at the World Health Organization.

  • Bill Close, as his friends called him, was the personal physician to President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire.

  • It was here, a small village in the Mongala District of northern Zaire, where it all began.

  • Close to the gangway of the Zaire she persuaded one of her Houssa guard to release his hold.

  • The rest of the journey was uneventful until the Zaire had reached the northernmost limits of the Residency reserve.

  • The Zaire was hugging the western bank so closely that a bold and agile person might have stepped ashore.

  • Bosambo came—by the river route—as Sanders was leaving the Zaire to attend the momentous council.

  • Sanders was not "in residence," being, in fact, inspecting some recent—and native—repairs to the boilers of the Zaire.