mongo

¹

Or mon·goe

[mong-goh]

noun

plural

mongos 

1. mungo.

mongo

²

[mong-goh]

noun

plural

mongo, mongos 

1. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Mongolian People's Republic, one 100th of a tugrik.

Mongo

³

[mong-goh]

noun

1. a member of any of various agricultural peoples of the central Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2. the Bantu language of the Mongo peoples.

mongo

¹

/ ˈmɒŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. a variant of mungo

möngö

²

/ ˈmɒŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. a Mongolian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a tugrik

Word History and Origins

Origin of mongo¹

First recorded in 1935–40; from modern Mongolian möngö, from mönggün “silver, money”

When To Use

What else does mongo mean?

Mongo can be a slang term for "huge" or "extremely."In another, unrelated sense, mongo or mong can be a slur for a "stupid" person.Mongo is also used in New York to describe items picked from the trash.