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ngina

ngina noun: the gorilla.

Noun

ngina (plural nginas)

  1. (dated) The gorilla.
    • It traverses the whole range of animal life in tropical Africa, from the ngina or gorilla to the butterflies and ants: he makes the animals tell their own stories; and his text is illustrated with some telling drawings.1902, Percy Watkins Myles, James Britten, George Simonds Boulger, The Selborne magazine and "Nature notes", volume 13
    • The nginas can see wonderfully well through the jungle.1914, Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, In African forest and jungle

Forms of ngina

pluralnginas

Questions about ngina

What does ngina mean?
Ngina means the gorilla.
What part of speech is ngina?
Ngina is a noun.
What is the plural of ngina?
The plural of ngina is nginas.

Words near ngina in the dictionary

  1. Nghiems
  2. Nghệ An
  3. NGI
  4. NGIA
  5. Ngin
  6. ngina
  7. nginas
  8. Ngindo
  9. NGIs
  10. Ngizim
  11. Ngkoth

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