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• koko
  koko

  noun

  lebbek.
• Koko
  Koko

  noun

  a female western lowland gorilla, born in 1971 at the San Francisco Zoo in California and trained to communicate with humans by means of a sign language.

koko

¹ American  

[koh-koh] / ˈkoʊ koʊ /

noun

• kokos
  plural

1. lebbek.

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Koko ² American  

[koh-koh] / ˈkoʊ koʊ /

noun

1. a female western lowland gorilla, born in 1971 at the San Francisco Zoo in California and trained to communicate with humans by means of a sign language.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• kokos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of koko

First recorded in 1860–65; variant of kokko, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

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In high tones, koko means a hard lump of flesh.

From Economist ● Feb. 1, 2018

Then we get out into the middle of a koko plantation. 

From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley

If he happens to be guilty of anything and says he isn’t and cuts the fowl’s koko off,––he is sure to die for his prevarication.

From The Spoilers of the Valley by Robert Watson

She touched the child's cheek, and he waking wailed, and it was necessary to return him to his mother, who soothed him with the wonderful rhyme of Are koko, Jare koko! which says:      Oh crow!

From Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling

In theatrical circles they call him the impresario with the sawdust koko and the split-second appetite.

From Get Next! by Hugh McHugh

Through partnerships with Koko, a nonprofit, and ThroughLine, a helpline network, Character.AI will try to identify if a user is in trouble and connect them with resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

The R&B and soul artist from Smethwick, near Birmingham, was soon put forward for a music programme which culminated in a performance at the iconic Koko concert venue in Camden, London.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

“Hiroshima’s atomic bomb changed Koko Kondo’s life, but so did meeting the man who dropped it,” ABC Australia, Aug. 6, 2020.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2023

For Koko Da Doll, it was the solution to getting herself, and her homeless mother and sister, off the streets of Atlanta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

The second she walked in, Koko called out to her.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

All we can see, as we first turn up the path, is a patch of kokos of tremendous size on our right. 

From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley

Next to sweet-potatoes, the premier abomination to walk through, give me kokos for good all-round tryingness, particularly when they are wet, as is very much the case now. 

From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley