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Where does “bongo” come from?
bongo (Portuguese) comes from Spanish bongó, from Ekele boungu.
bongo
(Portuguese): bongo
Definitions
bongo
Ancestry of “bongo”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Spanish
bongó
bongo
2
Ekele
boungu
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