mongo

mon·go

M0385600 (mŏng′gō) Slang n. Items found in the trash that can be salvaged.

[Akin to 1930s American trade jargon mungo, one who searches for salvageable items in the trash; perhaps akin to mungo, inferior cloth made from fibers obtained by shredding old cloth.]

mongo

(ˈmɒŋɡəʊ) or

mongoe

n (Textiles) a variant of mungo

möngö

(ˈmɒŋɡəʊ) or

mongoe

n, pl -gos or -goes (Currencies) a Mongolian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a tugrik

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Noun

mongo - 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in MongoliaMongolian monetary unit - monetary unit in Mongoliatughrik, tugrik - the basic unit of money in Mongolia

mongo

slang Something discarded by someone as trash but picked up and repurposed by someone else as something of value. He's actually made a business of cleaning up and selling the mongo he collects around the city.

mongo

mod. great; very; huge. (Probably akin to humongous.) When I get some cash, I’m gonna buy me one mongo car with leather seats.

Mongo

enUK

Mongo

(Mongo-Nkundo), a people in the Republic of Zaire, comprising many tribal groups. Population, approximately 2 million (1970, estimate).

Most Mongo live in the tropical forests at the bend of the Congo (Zaire) River; some live in towns. The language of the Mongo is related to the Central Bantu languages; a writing system exists for several Mongo dialects. A considerable number of Mongo are Catholics; elements of a primitive communal system and tribal-clan worship (ancestor-divinities, heroes) have been retained among the Mongo inhabiting the remote tropical forest.

The principal livelihood of the Mongo is hoe farming (yams, manioc); hunting, fishing, and gathering are subordinate occupations. Some of the Mongo work on coffee and oil palm plantations and at agricultural processing plants in the cities. In the past, the Mongo actively traded in ivory and slaves.

REFERENCES

Sobchenko, A. I. “Etnicheskii sostav Kongo.” In Afrikanskii etnograficheskii sbornik, vol. 4. Moscow-Leningrad, 1962. (Tr. In-ta etnografii AN SSSR: Novaia seriia, vol. 72.)
Kerken, G. van der. L’Ethnic Mongo. Brussels, 1944.

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noun 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia

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