Bongo

See also: bongo, bongó, bongô, bỡ ngỡ, and boŋo

English

Proper noun

Bongo

1. A Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan.

   Synonyms: Bungu, Dor

2. A gewog of Chhukha District, Bhutan.

Noun

Bongo pl (plural only)

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.

   Synonyms: Babongo, Bazimba

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bongo terms
• Bongo Bongo Land
• Bonggo

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboŋo/ [ˈbo.ŋo]
• Rhymes: -oŋo
• Hyphenation: Bo‧ngo

Proper noun

Bongo (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜓ)

1. a surname

Swahili

Etymology

From bongo (“brain”). Referring to the difficult conditions during the economic crisis of the 1980s which required one's own wits (having "big brains") to survive working in Dar es Salaam, later extended to all of Tanzania.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Bongo

1. (dated) nickname for Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania.
2. nickname for Tanzania: a country in East Africa.

Derived terms

• mbongo (“Tanzanian”)