Etymology

red mongo

Today it means: red bean; azuki bean Full definition →

Hokkien 紅豆 /红豆
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  1. Hokkien · calque of紅豆 /红豆
  2. English todayred mongo

From red + Spanish mongo, which is a calque of Hokkien 紅豆 /红豆 (âng-tāu, literally “red bean”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.