Obongo
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A personal name used as a given name or family name
- proper noun
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Obongo
- It's noontime at Obongo, a fast-paced Internet start-up in Redwood City, Calif., and the line for the lunch buffet already stretches around the corner of the lunchroom.
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His Majesty Obongo with his Supreme Court appointee "Sotomayor," a Hispanic lesbian...
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Sonia Wong joined Obongo as a business development manager in October 1999.
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Yet among the 85 employees at Obongo, more than 20 different ethnic backgrounds are represented at all levels of the company.
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Etymology
Obongo is used as a 'personal name' or 'family name' in some African communities. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the drum bongo, because like a steady beat that passes from one generation to the next, the name Obongo is passed down in families.