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bon·go ¹  (bngg, bông-)

n. pl. bon·gos

A large, forest-dwelling antelope (Boocercus eurycerus) of central Africa, having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spirally twisted horns.

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[Probably of Bantu origin; akin to Lingala mongu, antelope.]

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bon·go ²  (bngg, bông-)

n. pl. bon·gos or bon·goes

One of a pair of connected tuned drums that are played by beating with the hands.

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[American Spanish bongó, probably of West African origin.]

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Bongo [ˈbɒŋgəʊ]

n

(Biographies / Bongo, Omar (1935 M, Gabonese, POLITICS: head of state) Omar. original name Albert Bernard Bongo. born 1935, Gabonese statesman; president of Gabon from 1967

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bongo¹

n pl -go, -gos

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a rare spiral-horned antelope, Boocercus (or Taurotragus) eurycerus, inhabiting forests of central Africa. The coat is bright red-brown with narrow cream stripes

[of African origin]

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bongo²

n pl -gos, -goes

(Music / Instruments) a small bucket-shaped drum, usually one of a pair, played by beating with the fingers

[American Spanish, probably of imitative origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bongo - a small drum; played with the hands bongo drum drum, membranophone, tympan - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
	2.	bongo - large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns Boocercus eurycerus, Tragelaphus eurycerus antelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks genus Strepsiceros, genus Tragelaphus, Strepsiceros, Tragelaphus - African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks

Translations

bongo [ˈbɒŋgəʊ] N (also bongo drum) → bongó m

bongo [ˈbɒŋgəʊ] n → bongo m

bongo

n → Bongo nt or f

bongo [ˈbɒŋgəʊ] n → bongos mpl