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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

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Etymology

Origin of koko

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Economist ● Feb. 1, 2018

Among the Nipissing Algonkian Indians, koko is a child-word for any terrible being; the mothers say to their children, "beware of the koko."

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Alexander F. Chamberlain

For daimyo whose revenues range from 1,000,000 koko down to 200,000 koku, the number of twenty horsemen is not to be exceeded.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley

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

From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley

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

From Get Next! by Hugh McHugh

Senior kicker Trevor Koko continued an impressive season with a looping ball that Mission Viejo wasn’t able to field, breathing life into a potential comeback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

The Kenyan clean cookstove project developer Koko Networks went bankrupt at the end of January, in part because it failed to negotiate a letter of authorization with the government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

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

Koko, still blind, still stuck in her chair, was dying to know what was happening.

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

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

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

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