kongoni

/ (kəŋˈɡəʊnɪ) /


nounplural -ni
  1. an E African hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus: See hartebeest (def. 1)

Origin of kongoni

1
Swahili

Words Nearby kongoni

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How to use kongoni in a sentence

  • We met one man who goes out ten minutes from town every other day and kills a kongoni (hartebeest) as food for his dogs.

    In Africa | John T. McCutcheon
  • In four and a half months I think I must have seen at least a hundred thousand kongoni.

    In Africa | John T. McCutcheon
  • Sometimes we have kongoni steaks, at other times we have the heart of waterbuck or the liver of bushbuck or impalla.

    In Africa | John T. McCutcheon
  • Directly between us and the elephants were two kongoni, one lying down and the other alert and erect.

    In Africa | John T. McCutcheon
  • Suppose you say to yourself that the porters have had no meat for several days and that it might be well to shoot a kongoni.

    In Africa | John T. McCutcheon