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mon⋅go

1[mong-goh]
–noun, plural -gos.
mungo.
Also, mongoe.

mon⋅go

2[mong-goh]
–noun, plural -go, -gos.
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Mongolian People's Republic, the 100th part of a tugrik.

Origin:
< Mod. Mongolian möngö lit., silver, money

Mon⋅go

[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.

mun⋅go

[muhng-goh]
–noun, plural -gos.
a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
Also, mongo, mongoe.
Compare shoddy (def. 1).


Origin:
1800–10; orig. uncert.
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mon·go   (mŏng'gō)   
n.   pl. mongo
See Table at currency.

[Mongolian.]
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