English

Noun

ngina ‎(plural nginas)

1. (dated) The gorilla.
   • 1902, Percy Watkins Myles, James Britten, George Simonds Boulger, The Selborne magazine and "Nature notes" (volume 13)

     It traverses the whole range of animal life in tropical Africa, from the ngina or gorilla to the butterflies and ants: he makes the animals tell their own stories; and his text is illustrated with some telling drawings.

   • 1914, Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, In African forest and jungle

     The nginas can see wonderfully well through the jungle.