Angoni

noun

An·​go·​ni

aŋˈgōnē,

anˈ-

plural -s

: an animal of an eastern African native strain of zebu cattle

Word History

Etymology

from Angoniland, plateau region in southwestern Nyasaland, Africa

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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