mongo

1

or mon·goe

[ mong-goh ]

noun,plural mon·gos.

Words Nearby mongo

Other definitions for mongo (2 of 3)

mongo2
[ mong-goh ]

noun,plural mon·go, mon·gos.
  1. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Mongolian People's Republic, one 100th of a tugrik.

Origin of mongo

2
First recorded in 1935–40; from modern Mongolian möngö, from mönggün “silver, money”

Other definitions for Mongo (3 of 3)

Mongo
[ 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.

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How to use mongo in a sentence

  • Originally it must have been either gravel and mongo, or else mongo and some other kind of lentil nearly resembling it in size.

    Filipino Popular Tales | Dean S. Fansler
  • It came to pass that, out of the forty slaves brought in the caravan, the mongo rejected eight.

    Captain Canot | Brantz Mayer

British Dictionary definitions for mongo (1 of 2)

mongo

mongoe

/ (ˈmɒŋɡəʊ) /


noun
  1. a variant of mungo

British Dictionary definitions for möngö (2 of 2)

möngö

mongoe

/ (ˈmɒŋɡəʊ) /


nounplural -gos or -goes
  1. a Mongolian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a tugrik

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