translation / dictionary Lingala - English

scientific name : Landolphia owariensis
tropical fruit. Closed, it looks like a lemon and on the inside there are large buds to suck.


pl. matonge
- a Congolese quarter in Brussels (Belgium), in the commune of Ixelles.
- (former Camp Renkin) a district of Kinshasa, in the commune of Kalamu.

known for :
- wenze ya gambela - le marché de gambela - the market of gambela at Kasavubu
- avenue gambela - an avenue in Kinshasa that traverses the municipalities of Kasavubu and Ngiringiri

A municipality of Kinshasa

district : Tshangu

The neigbourhoods :
- Abattoir
- Boba
- Congo
- Efoloko
- Imbali
- Kasai
- Kimbangu
- Mafuta Kizola
- Mapela
- Lokari
- Lubamba
- Mandiangu
- Kivu
- Matadi
- Mfumu Suka
- Nzuzi wa Mbombo
- Pelende
- Sans Fil
- Tshango
- Tshuenge
- Télévision.

othere interesting places :
- Chine Populaire

A municipality of Kinshasa

district : Mont Amba

The neigbourhoods :
- Kimpwanza
- Madrandele
- Ecole
- Masano
- Foire
- Salongo
- Livulu
- Mbanza Lemba
- Kemi
- Molo
- Gombele
- Commercial
- Mbanza-Lemba
- Tadi
- Djaga
- Malolo

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Funa

the neigbourhoods (8):
- Bisengo (avant: Max-Horn)
- Lingwala
- Lubudi
- Adoula (avant: Mawa)
- Makelele (avant: Synkin)
- Kasa-Vubu (avant: Kani)
- Lumumba
- Camp Kokolo

a municipality of Kinshasa

District : Lukunga

the neigbourhoods (9):
- Bitshaku-Tshaku
- Funa I
- Funa II
- Kapinga Bapu
- Kasaï
- Libulu
- Mozindo
- N’dolo
- Tshimanga


you find there :
- the Bon Marché neigbourhood, a nightlife neighbourhood, with the dancing club Cheetah 2.
- aerodrome ya Ndolo (Ndolo aéroport) where Air Kasaï has their head office and Hewa Bora Airways had their head office.
- The river Funa

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Funa
the neigbourhoods (13):
- Dipiya
- Mongala
- Ubangi
- Lokoro
- Kasai
- Kwango
- Lukenie
- Mai-Ndombé
- Matadi
- Lieutenant Mbaki
- Mbandaka
- Mfimi
- Ntomba

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Lukunga

Formerly known as Kalina

the neigbourhoods (10):
- Clinique
- Batetela
- Haut Commandement
- Croix-Rouge
- Lemera
- Golf
- Fleuve
- Gare
- Commerce
- Révolution

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Funa

the neighbourhoods :
- Yolo-Nord (1-3)
- Yolo-Sud (1-4)
- Immo-Congo (avant: 20 Mai)
- Matonge (1-3)
- Quartier Kauka (1-3)
- Kimbangu (1-3)
- Quatier Camp Pinzi

a municipality of Kinshasa

district Funa

the neighbourhoods:
- Anciens combattants
- Assossa
- Katanga
- Lodja
- Lubumbashi
- ONL
- Salongo

you find there :
- Le marché de Gambela (the Gambela market)
- La maison du combattant (house of the fighter)

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Tshangu

the neighbourhoods (30):
- 17-Mai
- Bahumbu
- Bamboma
- Biyela
- Boma
- Disasi
- Esanga
- Kamba Mulumba
- Kasa-Vubu
- Kikimi
- Kingasani
- Kisantu IR ben
- Kutu
- Luebo
- Malonda
- Mangana
- Maviokele
- Mbuala
- Mfumu Nkento
- Mikondo
- Mokali
- Mulie
- Ngamazita
- Ngampani
- Ngandu
- Nsanga
- Nsumabwa
- Révolution
- Sakombi
- Salongo

other interesting places:
- the Kingasani neighbourhood. Known to be a hub in public transport between the city and the direction towards nsele

- a province (city-province) of the Democratic republic of the Congo

- the capital of the Democratic republic of the Congo and of the province of Kinshasa

- a municipality of the city of Kinshasa

District : Lukunga

you find there :
- The stadium of Cardinal Malula (before : Reine Astrid)
- Le stade des Martyrs

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Lukunga

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Mont Amba

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Mont Amba

the neighboorhoods :
- Mfumu mvula
- Kingabwa
- Mombele
- Mososo
- Industriel
- Salongo
- Résidentiel (old city)
- Masiala
- Mateba
- Mayulu
- Agricole
- Ndanu
- Mbamu
- Nzadi

other places :
- Funa, Motel Fikin, Socopao, Bobozo, Kingabwa industriel, Kingabwa industriel, Kingabwa village, Kingabwa Yaundé, Mama Nzenze, Mayulu, Salongo industriel, Salongo village
- Paka-Djuma/Pakadujuma (a sinister prostitution neigbourhood)
- l'échangeur de Limete, a junction where important roads come together, with a large tower in the middle
- FIKIN, la Foire Internationale de KINshasa (a fair, a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment)
- la cité du fleuve, a modern "city" under construction on terrain won from the river. (which will maybe become the 25th municipality ?)
- the ONATRA train classification yard

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Tshangu

The name comes from liluku (pl. maluku), a sort of mangrove tree.
It's by far the municipality with the largest surface.

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Mont Amba

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Lukunga

you may find here :
- the natural reserve for Bonobos (lola ya bonobo) in the kimwenza quarter.
- the Matadi-Kibala neigbourhood

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Tshangu

you can find there :
- despite the name, the Ndjili airport is located at Nsele

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Mont Amba

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Lukunga

The neigbourhoods :
- Mont-Fleury
- Binza Ozone
- Binza Météo
- Binza Delvaux
- Binza Pigeon
- Binza Macampagne
- Binza U.P.N. (Université Pédagogique Nationale)

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Funa

The famous singer Tabu Ley Rochereau grew up in Ngiri-Ngiri

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Tshangu

the neighbourhoods:
- Badara
- D.I.C
- Dingi Dingi
- Domaine
- Mikala I
- Mikala II
- Kinkole-Pêcheurs
- Bahumbu I
- Bahumbu II
- Sicotra/Lokali
- Mikondo (Brasserie)
- Mikonga (Cité de Mikonga; Cité de Mpasa)
- Maindombe (Village)
- Bu (Village)
- Mpassa Maba
- Kinzono
- Mangenge
- Moba Nse
- Menkao (Village)
- Monaco
- Ngina (Village)
- Kingakati (Village)

you can find there :
- kinkole, a populated area in the Mikala neighbourhood, a fishermen's port and touristic site at the riverside known for eating maboke
- touristic sites like Jardin d'Eden and Safari Beach
- despite the name, the Ndjili airport is located at Nsele

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Funa

you can find there :
- the penitentiary re-education centre of Kinshasa (CPRK) or central prison of makala (despite the fact that it's not situated in Makala)

a municipality of Kinshasa

district : Funa

you can find there :
- despite the name, the prison is located at Selembao

scientific name : Borassus flabellifer L.

palmyra palm

also called toddy palm, or sugar palm, borassus


link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borassus


context : location
The Pool Malebo, a lake-like widening formed in the lower reaches of the Congo River
also called Stanley Pool, Malebo Pool, Lake Ngobila, Lake Nkunda

Kin Malebo, name suggestion for the city of Kinshasa because there where so many of these palmtrees

context : theatre
Groupe Kin Malebo, a well known theatre group

dance


context : location
a neighbourhood in the municipality of kimbanseke

a district of Kinshasa

composed of the municipalities :
- Barumbu
- La Gombe
- Kinshasa
- Kintambo
- Lingwala
- Ngaliema

a district of Kinshasa

composed of the municipalities :
- Kalamu
- Kasa-Vubu
- Ngiri-Ngiri
- Bandalungwa
- Bumbu
- Makala
- Selembao

un district de Kinshasa

composed of the municipalities :
- Mong-Ngafula
- Lemba
- Kisenso
- Limete
- Matete
- Ngaba

a district van Kinshasa

composed of the municipalities :
- Ndjili
- Kimbanseke
- Masina
- Nsele
- Maluku