bongo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
noun
  1. Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.
verb
  1. To play the bongo drums.
  2. Of the heart, etc.: to beat with an irregular rhythm.
  3. To hit something rhythmically with the hands.
name
  1. A Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan.
  2. A gewog of Chhukha District, Bhutan.
noun
  1. An ethnic group living at the eastern side of the Albert Nile River in northwestern Uganda and in neighbouring South Sudan in small, scattered settlements south and east of Wau.
  2. An agricultural people of Gabon in equatorial Africa.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɒŋ.ɡəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bongo.wav /ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ/

Word forms

bongo bongos bongoes bongoing bongoed

Etymology

From Spanish bongo.

Synonyms

Related words

bingo bango bongo Bongo Bongo Land bongo mag Wiktionary’s coverage of Bongo terms Bonggo
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