kongoni

/ (kəŋˈɡəʊnɪ) /

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noun plural -ni

an E African hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphusSee hartebeest (def. 1)

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Word Origin for kongoni

Swahili

Words nearby kongoni

Kondratieff wave, koneke, Koner, Konev, Kongo, kongoni, Kong Qiu, Kongur Shan, Kong Zi, Königgrätz, Königsberg

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How to use kongoni in a sentence

We met one man who goes out ten minutes from town every other day and kills a kongoni (hartebeest) as food for his dogs.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon
In four and a half months I think I must have seen at least a hundred thousand kongoni.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon
Sometimes we have kongoni steaks, at other times we have the heart of waterbuck or the liver of bushbuck or impalla.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon
Directly between us and the elephants were two kongoni, one lying down and the other alert and erect.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon

Suppose you say to yourself that the porters have had no meat for several days and that it might be well to shoot a kongoni.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon