# Kinshasa

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kɪnˈʃɑːsə/ · frequency rank #39,386

## Definitions
1. The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.

## Etymology
From Kongo [Term?] (“the salt market”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`iknshasa`, `kinhsasa`, `kinnshasa`, `kinsahsa`, `kinshaas`, `kinshassa`, `kinshhasa`, `kinshsaa`, `kinsshasa`, `kisnhasa`, `kkinshasa`, `knishasa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kinshasa