Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on the east, is today commonly abbreviated as DRC or DR Congo and sometimes is called "Congo-Kinshasa". It was known as DRC from 1964-1971, then as Zaire from 1971-1997, and thereafter returned to the DRC name.

Republic of the Congo (ROC), also known as Congo-Brazzaville (and locally as Brazza), is the smaller of the two countries and lies to the west. It was called the People's Republic of Congo from 1970 to 1992.

Kongo Jungle, a world from the video game Donkey Kong Country

Kingdom of Kongo (1400-1914), which today comprises parts of northern Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of the Congo, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kongo, the main character within the Monkey Magic anime series

Japanese battleship Kongō (1913-1945)

Congo Free State, a corporate state 1885-1908, privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians through a dummy non-governmental organization, the Association Internationale Africaine.

Zaire, known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1964-1971, then Zaire from 1971-1997, during which time the other Congo (ROC) was referred to simply as "Congo"

Kongo language, sometimes called Kikongo, the Bantu language spoken by the Kongo people, and the base for the Kituba language

Congo River, Africa's second longest river, and largest by discharge (volume of water). Includes the Congo Basin

Congo, the common name for the venomous snake Agkistrodon piscivorus

Congo, a genre of music from the Congos, also known as Soukous, Lingala, or African rumba

Portuguese Congo, now the Angolan exclave of Cabinda (province), between the ROC and DRC.

Belgian Congo, former colony of Belgium 1908-1960, located in the present-day area of the DRC

Kongo, a 1932 film starring such actors as Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, and Conrad Nagel

Congo (film), a 1995 movie based on Crichton's 1980 novel

Kongo people, an ethnic group in both Congos and Angola, sometimes referred to as Congolese

Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), the name 1960-1964, in the area later known as the DRC

Kongō class destroyer , a class of warship operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Congo (novel), 1980 book by Michael Crichton

King of the Congo, 1952 film serial by Columbia Pictures

The King of the Kongo, 1929 film serial by Mascot Pictures, the first to use sound

The Congos, a Jamaican reggae duo active since the 1970s

French Congo, the former French colony in 1880 in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo (ROC), also known as central Congo. It was one of four territories of French Equatorial Africa.

M'banza-Kongo, founded pre-1500s, also known as São Salvador (in Portuguese), is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province

Cheick Kongo (b. 1975), mixed martial arts fighter

Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella, a UNESCO-recognized musical organization in Villa Mella, Dominican Republic

John Kongos (b. 1945), South African musician, leader of the band "Johnny Kongos and the G-Men"

Japanese corvette Kongō (1877), naval vessel, active from 1877–1909

Kongō class battlecruiser, of the World War II era

Congo Peafowl, a bird species

Kongo Central, the name of the former Bas-Congo province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Japanese destroyer Kongō (DDG-173), nameship of her class (1993-)

Kid Congo Powers (b. 1960), American singer and guitarist

Kongō Masahiro (b. 1948), a former sumo wrestler

Heart of the Congos, 1977 roots reggae album by The Congos

Congo craton, an ancient and stable piece of continental crust

"Congo" (song), a 1997 single by rock group Genesis

Kongo dia Nlaza, small eastern kingdom absorbed into the Kingdom of Kongo in the 16th century

Kongo stick, a martial arts weapon more commonly known as a Yawara

CONGO, the short name for The Conference of NGOs, a worldwide group of charity and aid organizations

Congo (chimpanzee), an ape that produced works of art in the 1950s

Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj, a 1995 Sega Saturn video game based upon the 1995 Crichton film

Mount Kongō, a mountain in Osaka prefecture, Japan, which lends its name to a number of Japanese vessels

Congo (loa), a spirit in Haitian voodoo mythology