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Mingo

American  
[ming-goh] / ˈmɪŋ goʊ /

noun

  • Mingos
    plural
  1. a member of any of certain Iroquois groups or peoples.


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A man in Washington filmed himself raging at a Mingo delivery robot, yelling “You took a human job!” after the robot asked for help pressing a crosswalk button.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Mingo County is considering two more off-grid plants branded as the “Adams Fork Data Center Energy Campus.”

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2025

Police said Mingo had been employed at UPS until early January.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

"El Nino is already in effect," said Eduardo Mingo, head of Paraguay's meteorology institute.

From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2023

Mingo had taken advantage of the delay to press for improved relations with the white towns.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

There is no whine of the panther, no whistle of the catbird, nor any invention of the devilish Mingos, that can cheat me!

From The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

What shall we do with the Mingos at the door?

From The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

And lastly, the confederacy of the five nations, or Mohawks, called Mingos by the other Indians, and Iroquois by the French.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Frederick Marryat

Stop paddling—or, rather, that the Mingos needn't think we are plotting and contriving, and so treat us accordingly, just dip your paddle lightly, and give the canoe a little motion and no more.

From The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper

When the party came back from the castle, the Mingos held a council, and bitter thoughts were uppermost, as was plain to be seen by their gloomy faces.

From The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper

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