ingena

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/ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnə/

noun

A gorilla.

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Meanings

nouningena (plural ingenas)

plural ingenas

  1. obsoleteA gorilla.

    Furthermore, Thomas Edward reports that the Ingenas carry 'their infant dead, closely pressed to them, until they drop away in putrefaction'.

    1998, Silke Strickrodt, Those Wild Scenes: Africa in the Travel Writings of Sarah Lee (1791-1856), page 97

Origin

Perhaps from a language of Gabon.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

ingena. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingena

MLA

“ingena.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingena. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ingena,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingena.

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