Abongo

noun

Abon·​go

əˈbäŋ(ˌ)gō

plural Abongo or Abongos

1

: an indigenous people on the Ogooué River, Gabon

called also Obongo

2

: a member of the Abongo people compare pygmy

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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