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bon⋅go

2  [bong-goh, bawng-]
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–noun, plural -gos, -goes.
one of a pair of small tuned drums, played by beating with the fingers.
Also called bongo drum.

Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; < AmerSp bongó

Related forms:
bon⋅go⋅ist, noun
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Word Origin & History

bongo 
1920, from Amer.Sp. (West Indies, esp. Cuban), from a word of W. African origin, cf. Lokele (Zaire) boungu.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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