houngan

== English == === Etymology === From Haitian Creole oungan, apparently from Fon houn (“spirit”) + Kongo nganga (“high priest”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈ(h)uŋ.ɡən/, /-ɡæn/ === Noun === houngan (plural houngans) A (male) voodoo priest. 1995, Sidney Mintz & Michel-Rolph Trouillot, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, page 147: By then, estimates of the number of oungans killed in 1986-87 had reached as high as 400. ==== Alternative forms ==== oungan ==== See also ==== mambo (the female equivalent)