bongo
pronunciation
How to pronounce bongo in British English:
UK [ˈbɒŋgəʊ]
How to pronounce bongo in American English:
US [ˈbɑŋgoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a small drum; played with the hands
- large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
Word Origin
- bongo (n.)
- 1920, from American Spanish (West Indies, especially Cuba), from a word of West African origin, such as Lokele (Zaire) boungu.
Example
- 1. 2007 : Bongo at a european union and africa summit in lisbon
- 2. Bongo did not even reach the sandpit .
- 3. Libreville , gabon : a protester moons at passing traffic during a demonstration against the newly declared president , ali bongo
- 4. Last month a french magistrate launched an investigation into the excesses of three african leaders , including bongo .
- 5. Bongo 's death means the loss to france of a leader who was until very recently its closest ally in africa .