Mungo

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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.

• 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.

• Muong

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.

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Mungo m (strong, genitive Mungos, plural Mungos)

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

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

• “Mungo” in Duden online