ə̇mˈpäŋ(ˌ)wā noun
( plural mpongwe or mpongwes )
Usage: usually capitalized
1.
a. : a people of the southern part of French Equatorial Africa just north of the equator and distributed chiefly about the estuary of the Gabon river
b. : a member of such people
2. : a Bantu language of the Mpongwe people