congol (kong go)

Same as congo - cel. Congo (kong'go), n.; pl. Congos or Congoes (-gōz). 1. A member of the race of negroes indigenous to Congo, a country of western Africa, bordering on the Atlantic ocean and the river Congo. The most numerous sort of negro in the colonies, the Congoes and Franc-Congoes, and, though Serpent-worshipers, yet the gentlest and kindliest natures that came from Africa. G. W. Cable, The Century, XXXI. 522. 2. [l. c.] [Cuban congo.] A kind of African dance. See the extracts. Except the minuet, which was introduced only to teach us the graces, and the congo, which was only to chase away the solemnities of the minuet, it was all a jovial, heart stirring, foot-stirring amusement. Georgia Scenes, p. 119. The latter [dance), called Congo also in Cayenne, Chica in San Domingo, and in the Windward Islands confused under one name with the Calinda, was a kind of Fandango, they say, in which the Madras kerchief held by its tip ends played a graceful part. G. W. Cable, The Century, XXXI. 527.