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bongo
/ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ/
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What does bongo mean?
noun
- A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
- Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.
verb
- To play the bongo drums.
More meanings (6)
verb
- Of the heart, etc.: to beat with an irregular rhythm.
- To hit something rhythmically with the hands.
noun
- 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.
- An agricultural people of Gabon in equatorial Africa.
proper noun
- A Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan.
- A gewog of Chhukha District, Bhutan.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ/
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The greater kudu is, with the bongo, easily the prize beast in East Africa, and very few are shot.