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kongoni

British  
/ kəŋˈɡəʊnɪ /

noun

  1. an E African hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus See hartebeest

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

There is no way to explain this except to attribute it to thought transference, and this in spite of the fact that the kongoni doesn't understand English.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

The hartebeest, or kongoni, is hard to kill.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

The kongoni often risks his own life to warn other herds of animals of the approach of danger, and if I were going to write an animal story I'd use the kongoni as my hero.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

And then how the hunter curses at the kongoni, who has stopped some little distance away and is regarding him with that quaint, lugubriously funny look.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

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