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单词 wagogo
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Wagogon.adj.

Brit. /wəˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, U.S. /wəˈɡoʊˌɡoʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Gogo. Etymon: Gogo Wagogo.
Etymology: < Gogo Wagogo, probably a self-designation < wa- , plural class prefix + -gogo (see Gogo n.1).
A. n.
With plural agreement. The Gogo people of central Tanzania.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples
Swahili1814
Chagga1823
Mashona1835
Wagogo1840
Wachagga1849
Tumbuka1850
Sukuma1860
Wanyamwezi1860
Babemba1867
Kavirondo1870
Nyamwezi1885
Bemba1887
Chewa1887
Shangaan1887
Rwanda1889
Awemba1890
Yao1894
Ngoni1899
Nyanja1899
Kisii1905
Ganda1906
Meru1908
Lamba1909
Hutu1922
Lozi1935
Ila1956
Gogo1957
the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples
Wagogo1840
Swahilian1846
Tumbuka1850
Wanyamwezi1860
Rwanda1864
Nyasa1887
Ngoni1891
Mashona1893
Ganda1894
Ila1907
Meru1908
Chewa1909
Yao1910
Nyanja1923
Lozi1937
Nyamwezi1939
Sukuma1953
Lamba1956
Gogo1969
1840 Missionary Herald (Boston) Apr. 119/1 The next tribe is called Cootoo. Their country is three or four days' travel in extent... Next in order were the Suggarahs four or five days; Wagogo fifteen; Waroris fifteen; and lastly the Manomoisies.
1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. I. ix. 305 The Wagogo are not an uncomely race... Their superiority of clothing gives the Wagogo..an aspect of civilisation.
1960 Spectator 19 Aug. 276/1 [The native peoples of Rhodesia]..are not..buoyant like the Wachagga, or picturesquely prehistoric like the Wagogo.
2002 P. Theroux Dark Star Safari (2003) xii. 259 We were crossing the Wagogo Plains, the wild heart of Tanzania: no roads, no towns, only this railway. What animals existed here were hunted—poached for food by the Wagogo, who were pastoralists.
B. adj.
= Gogo adj.1
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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages
Kaffir1588
Kongo1597
Xhosa1812
Amapondo1830
Zulu1839
Sesotho1844
Swahilian1846
Kikuyu1850
Bantu1858
Fan1861
Amandebele1872
Nyamwezi1872
Wagogo1878
Lunda1879
Luganda1882
Sotho1883
Gogo1891
Tonga1891
Chichewa1897
Ronga1897
Bemba1904
Ila1907
Tsonga1907
Meru1908
Chewa1909
Venda1913
Lingala1922
Luba1922
Pedi1922
Nyanja1923
Nguni1929
Ndebele1930
Lobedu1937
Tiv1939
Mongo1961
Siswati1964
1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent I. v. 108 Our path was ill-defined, as only small Wagogo caravans travelled to Urimi.
1911 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) I. iii. 123 If a Wagogo hunter is unsuccessful, or is attacked by a lion, he attributes it to his wife's misbehaviour at home.
2013 Kindred Spirit Mar. 87/2 Blending Wagogo music and traditional songs from Tanzania, these gentle sounds..invoke a feeling of lightness and wellbeing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.adj.1840
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