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mongo

1
or mon·goe

[ mong-goh ]

noun

, plural mon·gos.

mongo

2

[ 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.

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.

möngö

1

/ ˈmɒŋɡəʊ /

noun

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

mongo

2

/ ˈmɒŋɡəʊ /

noun

  1. See mungo
    a variant of mungo

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mongo1

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

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