Wondering how to use Bongo in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as drum or tympan.
Bongo meaning
A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
Synonyms of Bongo
Using Bongo
- The main meaning on this page is: A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
- Useful related words include: bongo drum, drum, membranophone, tympan.
- In the example corpus, bongo often appears in combinations such as: ali bongo, omar bongo, the bongo.
Context around Bongo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bongo
- In this selection, "bongo" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ali, omar, albert, district, dynasty and pictured stand out and add context to how "bongo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about bongo bongo land and and after ali bongo was announced. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bongo" sits close to words such as allspring, aloft and asparagus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bongo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ali Bongo: Who Is Gabon’s President Arrested In Army Coup? (11 words)
Brice Oligui Nguema (right) is the leader of the coup in Gabon who ousted Ali Bongo. (16 words)
In March 1967, Leon M'Ba and Omar Bongo (then Albert Bongo) were elected president and vice president. (18 words)
For the Builsa South Constituency, Mr Daniel Kwame Gariba, the Builsa South DCE, and Mr Thomas Adama would be contesting while at the Bongo Constituency, Mr Peter Ayinbisa, the DCE Bongo District and Madam Diana Asuure Aburiya would be contesting. (40 words)
This time it is in the nation of Gabon where President Ali Bongo (pictured below), who together with his late father Alhaji Bongo, had been in power for the last 53 years has been toppled and removed from office. (39 words)
Bongo (U/E), Sept. 19, GNA – Dr Yao Yeboah, Chairman of the Ghana Health Services (GHS) Governing Council, has commended the Bongo District Hospital for the quality health care services being rendered to the various communities in the district. (39 words)
Ali Bongo: Who Is Gabon’s President Arrested In Army Coup? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
Jonny Bongo, Bongo’s Bingo co-founder, says: “We’re proudly back in Preston after a break for a few years and it’s wonderful.
Sylvia Bongo has been under house arrest in the capital Libreville since the August 30 coup brought the curtain down on 55 years of Bongo dynasty rule.
This time it is in the nation of Gabon where President Ali Bongo (pictured below), who together with his late father Alhaji Bongo, had been in power for the last 53 years has been toppled and removed from office.
Bongo has ruled Gabon since 2009, following the death of his father Omar Bongo, who was in power from 1967.
But the moment when Johnson totally lost the house was when the Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi was applauded for asking him to apologise for his about “bongo bongo land” and Muslim women looking like letterboxes.
For the Builsa South Constituency, Mr Daniel Kwame Gariba, the Builsa South DCE, and Mr Thomas Adama would be contesting while at the Bongo Constituency, Mr Peter Ayinbisa, the DCE Bongo District and Madam Diana Asuure Aburiya would be contesting.
Bongo (U/E), Sept. 19, GNA – Dr Yao Yeboah, Chairman of the Ghana Health Services (GHS) Governing Council, has commended the Bongo District Hospital for the quality health care services being rendered to the various communities in the district.
Fedex acquired a company called Bongo International in 2014; Bongo specialized in helping North American companies sell overseas and after the acquisition, Fedex renamed the company FedEx Cross-Border International.
The Chiefs and people of Bongo salute you for demonstrating the spirit of “father for all”, by ensuring that the Bongo-Bolga road, that was left uncompleted, has now been completed,” he said.
The Executive Director made the call at Bongo when she visited the Bonaba, Baba Salifu Atamale Lemyaarum, the Paramount Chief of the Bongo Traditional Area.
Another similarity to the okapi, though the bongo is unrelated, is that the bongo has a long prehensile tongue which it uses to grasp grasses and leaves.
In March 1967, Leon M'Ba and Omar Bongo (then Albert Bongo) were elected president and vice president.
In March 1967, Leon M'Ba and Omar Bongo (then known as Albert Bongo) were elected President and Vice President, with the BDG winning all 47 seats in the National Assembly.
According to Ablakwa this suppression of media raises questions about the effectiveness of Bongo’s call for international support, as noise and outcry require access to information and communication channels such as the internet and media outlets.
After a vote that the opposition said they had won, the national election authority early Wednesday declared Bongo the victor with 64.27 percent of the vote.
Ali Bongo: Who Is Gabon’s President Arrested In Army Coup?
Another group of mutinous soldiers attempted a coup in January 2019, while Mr Bongo was in Morocco recovering from a stroke, but they were quickly overpowered.
Bongo worked as his father’s faithful lieutenant, travelling the globe and forging contacts at the time of the second oil boom.
Brice Oligui Nguema (right) is the leader of the coup in Gabon who ousted Ali Bongo.
But on 30 August, just hours after Ali Bongo was announced as the winner of a disputed presidential election, the military announced it was annulling the results and taking over.
Common combinations with bongo
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ali bongo 14×
- omar bongo 14×
- the bongo 12×
- bongo ondimba 8×
- of bongo 6×
- bongo has 5×
- bongo who 5×
- bongo bongo 4×
- bongo district 4×
- in bongo 4×