kongoni
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of kongoni
Swahili
Example Sentences
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When they do, dealers and collectors circle them as a lion would a baby kongoni on the African plain.
From Economist ● Dec. 15, 2009
"To-morrow we want kongoni for boys' meat, or zebra; and some meat for masters-Tommy, impala, oribi," and Memba Sasa knew as well as I did what we needed to fill out our trophy collection.
From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White
What had so terrified the kongoni it would be impossible to say.
From The Leopard Woman by Stewart Edward White
When a gentleman kongoni conceives a dislike for another gentleman kongoni, he makes no concealment of his emotions, but marches up and prods him in the ribs.
From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White
In four and a half months I think I must have seen at least a hundred thousand kongoni.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. McCutcheon
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