kongoni
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of kongoni
Swahili
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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
Others besides myself have remarked upon this, so I am hoping that the kongoni wore this amused look even at times when he was not looking at me.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. McCutcheon
We encountered herds of zebra, kongoni, wildebeeste, and "Tommies" standing about or grazing, sometimes almost within range from the moving buckboard.
From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White
Oftentimes I have cautiously crept to the top of a ridge to scan the plains, and there, a mile away, a kongoni would be looking at me with great interest.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. McCutcheon
The kongoni progresses by a series of long high bounds.
From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White
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