Zaireann.adj.
/zʌɪˈɪərɪən/, /zɑːˈɪərɪən/, U.S. /zaɪˈɪriən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of West Africa > [noun] > countries or regions
Guinean1589
Kongo1600
Gambian1744
Guinea Negro1748
Congoese1765
Sierra Leonean1791
Congolese1800
Liberian1826
Guinea-man1830
Nigerian1860
Lagosian1897
Basenji1906
Ghanaian1949
assimilado1953
Mali1960
Malian1960
Katangese1962
Biafran1967
Zairean1972
Ivorian1973
Zairois1973
Zairese1974
Upper Voltan1975
Voltaic1976
1972 Observer 19 Nov. 2/1 Dead victims..have been found dumped close to the frontier with Zaire... They were taken there by contract drivers, many of them Zaireans.
1973 Times 11 Dec. (Zaire Suppl.) p. vii/2 None of the young Zairians danced.
1977 Times 12 Apr. 13/1 Both the Moroccans and Zaireans are using their own planes to transport the troops.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Zaire.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > Central African lands
Nigritian1757
Sudanic1802
Sudanese1853
Mozambican1875
Nigerian1876
Zanzibari1884
Rhodesian1892
Chadian1960
Katangese1962
Tanzanian1964
Lagosian1967
Namibian1968
Malawian1970
Zairean1973
Zairois1973
Zairese1974
1973 Black World May 80 The dollar value of this manpower is considerable and most of it is defrayed by the Zairian Government.
1973 Daily Tel. 1 Oct. 19 Two British geologists yesterday described their fortnight's ordeal under armed Zairean Gendarme guards.
1977 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. 1/8 The spokesman said that on Saturday two Zairean jets violated Zambian airspace.
1982 S. Johnson Marburg Virus x. 121 The logistic support of the Zairian army.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.adj.1972