different between congo vs okapi

English

Noun

congo (countable and uncountable, plural congos or congoes)

1. Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea.

Anagrams

• cogon

French

Adjective

congo (plural congos)

1. Congo (attributive)

Noun

congo m (plural congos)

1. Congolese (language)

Spanish

Noun

congo m (plural congos)

1. congo (dance)

English

Etymology

From Mvuba okapi.

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /???k??pi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?(?)?k??pi/

Noun

okapi (plural okapis)

1. A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters.
   • 1904, ‘Saki’, "Reginald's Christmas Revel", Reginald:

     I used to listen to him with a rapt attention that I thought rather suited me, and then one day I quite modestly gave the dimensions of an okapi I had shot in the Lincolnshire fens.

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?okap?]
• Rhymes: -ap?

Noun

okapi f

1. okapi (large ruminant mammal)

Further reading

• okapi in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• okapi in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Mvuba okapi.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: oka?pi

Noun

okapi m (plural okapi's, diminutive okapietje n)

1. okapi

Finnish

Noun

okapi

1. okapi

Declension

Anagrams

• poika, pokia

Japanese

Romanization

okapi

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ocapi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?kapi/, [o?ka.pi]

Noun

okapi m (plural okapis)

1. okapi

Further reading

• “okapi” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.