What does bongo mean?
Definitions for bongo
ˈbɒŋ goʊ, ˈbɔŋ-bon·go
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Princeton's WordNet
bongo, bongo drumnoun
a small drum; played with the hands
bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus, Boocercus eurycerusnoun
large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
Wiktionary
bongonoun
A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
bongonoun
One of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.
bongoverb
To play the bongo
bongoverb
To beat with an irregular rhythm
bongoverb
To hit something rhythmically with the hands.
Etymology: From American Spanish bongó.
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bongo
A bongo is a type of African drum that consists of two connected drums of different sizes. The larger drum is called the "hembra" (female) and the smaller one is called the "macho" (male). They are typically played while being held between the knees or hanging in a stand and are struck with the hands. Bongos are prominently used in Latin music, particularly salsa and Afro-Cuban jazz.
Wikidata
Bongo
The western or lowland bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus, is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate and among the largest of the African forest antelope species. Bongos are characterised by a striking reddish-brown coat, black and white markings, white-yellow stripes and long slightly spiralled horns. Indeed, bongos are the only Tragelaphid in which both sexes have horns. Bongos have a complex social interaction and are found in African dense forest mosaics. The lowland bongo faces an ongoing population decline and the IUCN Antelope Specialist Group considers the western or lowland bongo, T. eurycerus eurycerus, to be Near Threatened on the conservation status scale. The eastern or mountain bongo, T. eurycerus isaaci, of Kenya has a coat even more vibrant than that of T. eurycerus eurycerus. The mountain bongo is only found in the wild in one remote region of central Kenya. The mountain bongo is classified by the IUCN Antelope Specialist Group as Critically Endangered with more specimens in captivity than in the wild. In 2000, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums upgraded the bongo to a Species Survival Plan Participant and in 2006 named the Bongo Restoration to Mount Kenya Project to its list of the Top Ten Wildlife Conservation Success Stories of the year. However, in 2013 it seems these successes have been negated with reports that there are possibly only 100 Eastern Mountain Bongs left in the wild due to logging & poaching.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BONGO
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bongo is ranked #65424 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bongo surname appeared 303 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bongo.
65.6% or 199 total occurrences were White.
14.1% or 43 total occurrences were Black.
8.5% or 26 total occurrences were Asian.
5.2% or 16 total occurrences were of two or more races.
3.9% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
2.3% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
Anagrams for bongo »
bogon
boong
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bongo in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bongo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of bongo in a Sentence
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Ali Bongo's track record is disastrous, he's trying to force his way through and take the country hostage. He is a threat to the country. We are going to bring this nightmare to an end.
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