mongo

¹

or mon·goe

[ mong-goh ]

noun

, plural mon·gos.

1. mungo.

mongo

²

[ mong-goh ]

noun

, plural mon·go, mon·gos.

1. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Mongolian People's Republic, one 100th of a tugrik.

Mongo

³

[ mong-goh ]

noun

1. a member of any of various agricultural peoples of the central Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2. the Bantu language of the Mongo peoples.

mongo

¹

/ ˈmɒŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. a variant of mungo

möngö

²

/ ˈmɒŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. a Mongolian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a tugrik

Word History and Origins

Origin of mongo¹

First recorded in 1935–40; from modern Mongolian möngö, from mönggün “silver, money”