mongo

¹ American  

[mong-goh] / ˈmɒŋ goʊ /

Or mongoe

noun

plural

mongos

1. mungo.

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mongo ² American  

[mong-goh] / ˈmɒŋ goʊ /

noun

plural

mongo, mongos

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

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Mongo ³ American  

[mong-goh] / ˈmɒŋ goʊ /

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.

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mongo ¹ British  

/ ˈmɒŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. a variant of mungo

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möngö ² British  

/ ˈmɒŋɡəʊ /

noun

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

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Usage

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.

Etymology

Origin of mongo

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