basenji

Meaning of basenji

noun

a smallish hunting dog of a central African breed, which growls and yelps but does not bark.

early 20th century (in the historical sense ‘Congolese person who has not adopted European customs or converted to Christianity’): probably from Lingala, ‘wild ones, indigenous people or animals’.

Information about basenji

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of basenji is: basenjis.
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Hyphenation of basenji

basenji

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • basenji is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with basenji

Benji, Kenji, Basenji

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