Mpongwe

noun

Mpong·​we

ə̇mˈpäŋ(ˌ)wā

plural Mpongwe or Mpongwes

1

a

: a people of the southern part of French Equatorial Africa just north of the equator and distributed chiefly about the estuary of the Gabon river

b

: a member of such people

2

: a Bantu language of the Mpongwe people

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