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Princeton's WordNet
Pongo, genus Pongonoun
type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans
Wiktionary
pongonoun
a low ranking soldier
ChatGPT
pongo
Pongo is a genus of great apes that includes two species, the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii). They are known for their intelligence, long arms and reddish-brown hair. Additionally, "Pongo" is also a term used in British military slang to refer to a member of the infantry.
Webster Dictionary
Pongonoun
any large ape; especially, the chimpanzee and the orang-outang
Wikidata
Pongo
A pongo is a type of canyon or narrow gorge along rivers in Peru, especially on the Marañón River and its affluents, in the Amazonas Region. See: ⁕Pongos in Amazonas, the big pongos of Marañón River ⁕The Amazonas Region, home to pongos ⁕The Pongo de Manseriche, gorge in northwest Peru where the Marañón River runs ⁕The Pongo de Mainique, most dangerous whitewater pass on the Urubamba River ⁕The Olmos-Marañon Route, transcontinental road, includes the "route of pongos" ⁕The Marañón River, has 35 miles of pongos before the Amazon River ⁕The Huallaga River, crossing the Andes forming the Pongo de Aguirre
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pongo
pong′gō, n. a large anthropoid ape of Borneo.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Pongo
A genus of orangutans in the family HOMINIDAE, comprising two species. Among the PRIMATES, the orangutan is second in size only to the gorilla (GORILLA GORILLA).
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pongo in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pongo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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