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Type Words
Synonyms boocercus eurycerus, tragelaphus eurycerus
Type of antelope
Type Words
Synonyms bongo drum
Type of tympan, drum, membranophone

Examples of bongo

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Bongo was re-elected President in December 1979 and November 1986 to 7-year terms.
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Bongo converted to Islam and took the name Omar while on a visit to Libya in 1973.
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At the table was Feynman's bongo-playing partner, Ralph Leighton, a local teacher.
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Bongo died in 2009 after 42 years in power, the world's longest-serving ruler.
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The mountain bongo is only found in the wild in one remote region of central Kenya.
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Taronga Zoo's conservation breeding program has unveiled a rare eastern bongo calf.
From the smh.com.au
There is only a stand-up bass and a bongo drum, making for a nearly deserted studio.
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Matt Hatfield plays the guitar as his nephew Alex, 11-months, plays the bongo drums.
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Who knows, Playgirl magazine may sell record copies of their bongo magazine.
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  • A small drum; played with the hands
  • Large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
  • Bongo drums or bongos are a Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of single-headed, open-ended drums attached to each other. The drums are of different size: the larger drum is called in Spanish the hembra (female) and the smaller the macho (male). ...
  • Bengal (Bengali: u09ACu09BEu0982u09B2u09BE Bangla; u09ACu0999u09CDu0997 Bongo) is a transnational historical, cultural and geographical region in Asia. It forms the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. The population of Bengal is estimated to be 250 million...
  • 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.
  • Bongo is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Bongo is located in the Bongo district of the Upper East Region of Ghana.
  • Hula was an open source mail and calendar project based on open standards announced on February 15, 2005 by Novell.
  • (The Bongos) The Bongos were a rock band from Hoboken, New Jersey, primarily active in the 1980s.
  • A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Taurotragus euryceros; To play the bongo; To beat with an irregular rhythm; To hit something rhythmically with the hands