# bonobo

> English word · Noun · IPA /bəˈnəʊ̯ˌbəʊ̯/ · frequency rank #60,666

## Definitions
1. A great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.

## Etymology
From Bolobo, a village on the Congo River where Europeans first made contact with the species. Bolobo is possibly imitative of the bubbling of the rapids at that section of the Congo.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bonobo