ENGLISH WORDS OF AFRICAN ORIGIN - 1


BOGUS – Possibly taken from word “boko-boko” meaning fake or fraudulent (नकली/ बनावटी)
BONGO – Basically a West African word “boungu” (बोंगो)
CHIGGER – possibly from “jiga” meaning insect (कीड़ा)
CHIMPANZEE – चिम्पैन्ज़ी (possibly derived from a Tshiluba language term "kivili-chimpenze")
BANANA – केला
BOZO – stupid (मूर्ख)
BOOGIE – to dance (नृत्य करना)
COLA – कोला- flavour किया हुआ soda drink.
JAZZ – जैज़- संगीत का एक प्रकार।
JIVE – Comes from the word ‘jev’ (थिरकना)

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