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
And then at the last moment a kongoni, panic stricken, running blind, its nose up, broke through the thin bush to the left and dashed across the trail directly between the man and the lion.
From The Leopard Woman by White, Stewart Edward
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 McCutcheon, John T.
Sometimes we have kongoni steaks, at other times we have the heart of waterbuck or the liver of bushbuck or impalla.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.
The Policemen of the Plains The kongoni is the policeman of the plains.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.
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