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isibongo

isibongo noun: a complimentary metonym used to describe members of a Zulu clan.

Noun

isibongo (plural isibongos or izibongo)

  1. A complimentary metonym used to describe members of a Zulu clan.

Forms of isibongo

pluralisibongos
pluralizibongo

Origin of isibongo

Borrowed from Zulu isíbongo.

Questions about isibongo

What does isibongo mean?
Isibongo means a complimentary metonym used to describe members of a Zulu clan.
What part of speech is isibongo?
Isibongo is a noun.
What is the plural of isibongo?
The plural of isibongo is isibongos.

Words near isibongo in the dictionary

  1. Isiacal
  2. Isiah
  3. Isiala-Ngwa North
  4. Isiala-Ngwa South
  5. IsiBhaca
  6. isibongo
  7. isibongos
  8. ISIC
  9. Isicamtho
  10. isicathamiya
  11. isicholo

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