Fingo

British  

/ ˈfɪŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. a member of a Xhosa-speaking people settled in southern Africa in the Ciskei and Transkei: originally refugees from the Zulu wars of conquest

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Example Sentences

From the kingdom of Figen, they passed to that of Fingo.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

As they went outside Kleinbooi, the Fingo, was in the act of offloading the quarry.

From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram

Now, beacons blazed, the silent heralds of glad tidings; the very Fingo kraals adjacent to the town sent forth shouts, and torches flitted from hut to hut.

From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Ward, Harriet

Ronald gave his consent, though reluctantly, but he felt it was right that the Fingo, who was risking his life for his sake, should carry out his plans in his own way.

From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

A considerable number of the Fingo allies had now arrived at King Williamstown.

From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)