Mungo

See also: mungo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Mungo. This was the nickname of Kentigern, better known as Saint Mungo, the founder and patron saint of Glasgow.

Proper noun

Mungo (plural Mungos)

1. A surname.
2. A male given name.
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     The fever left his body, and he rose to stotter about the doors; but he was still in his torments, and the mercy-seat was far from him. At last in the back end of the year came Mungo Muirhead to Caulds to the autumn communion, and nothing would serve him but he must try his hand at the storm-tossed soul.

3. A locality in the Balranald council area, south-western New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

• Mungo Brush

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mungo is the 19538^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1382 individuals. Mungo is most common among Black/African American (52.1%) and White (40.88%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Muong

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English mungos, a variant form of mongoose. The final s was mistaken for an indicator of plurality leading to the back-formation of the German singular. Doublet of Manguste.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Mungo m (strong, genitive Mungos, plural Mungos)

1. Either of two species of mongoose in the genus Urva.

Declension

Declension of Mungo [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mungo	die	Mungos
genitive	eines	des	Mungos	der	Mungos
dative	einem	dem	Mungo	den	Mungos
accusative	einen	den	Mungo	die	Mungos

Derived terms

• Indischer Mungo (“Indian grey mongoose”)
• Kleiner Mungo (“Javan mongoose”)

Further reading

• “Mungo” in Duden online