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ingena

/ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnə/

ingena noun: a gorilla.

Noun

ingena (plural ingenas)

  1. (obsolete) A gorilla.
    • Furthermore, Thomas Edward reports that the Ingenas carry 'their infant dead, closely pressed to them, until they drop away in putrefaction'.1998, Silke Strickrodt, Those Wild Scenes: Africa in the Travel Writings of Sarah Lee (1791-1856), page 97

Forms of ingena

pluralingenas

Origin of ingena

Perhaps from a language of Gabon.

Questions about ingena

What does ingena mean?
Ingena means a gorilla.
What part of speech is ingena?
Ingena is a noun.
How do you pronounce ingena?
Ingena is pronounced /ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnə/.
What is the plural of ingena?
The plural of ingena is ingenas.

Words near ingena in the dictionary

  1. ingeminates
  2. ingeminating
  3. ingemination
  4. ingeminations
  5. Ingen
  6. ingena
  7. ingenane
  8. ingenas
  9. ingender
  10. ingendered
  11. ingendering

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