Bongo

== English == === Proper noun === Bongo A Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan. Synonyms: Bungu, Dor A gewog of Chhukha District, Bhutan. === Noun === Bongo pl (plural only) An ethnic group living at the eastern side of the Albert Nile River in northwestern Uganda and in neighbouring South Sudan in small, scattered settlements south and east of Wau. An agricultural people of Gabon in equatorial Africa. Synonyms: Babongo, Bazimba === See also === Bongo Bongo Land Bonggo == Cebuano == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboŋo/ [ˈbo.ŋo] Rhymes: -oŋo Hyphenation: Bo‧ngo === Proper noun === Bongo (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜓ) a surname == Swahili == === Etymology === From bongo (“brain”). Referring to the difficult conditions during the economic crisis of the 1980s which required one's own wits (having "big brains") to survive working in Dar es Salaam, later extended to all of Tanzania. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Bongo (dated) nickname for Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania. nickname for Tanzania: a country in East Africa. ==== Derived terms ==== mbongo (“Tanzanian”) === References ===