kago

[ kah-goh ]

noun

, plural ka·gos.

1. (in Japan) a small basketwork palanquin strung from a pole each end of which rests on the shoulder of a bearer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kago¹

1855–60; < Japanese: basket, cage

Example Sentences

Before Kago Ng, a former designer, arrived in London last year with her husband and 4-year-old son, Kaspar, she said she wept every night, worrying that they would not find jobs or like the city.

From New York Times

The investigators, part of a sting operation called Wild Eagle, said the chimpanzees and more than 100 other animals had been shipped by Haruna Kago, a supplier affiliated with Yomu and Yami Travel Agency, a Nigerian company that manages a supply of birds and other animals in Istanbul and Doha, Qatar.

From New York Times

Eneza Education's co-founders Toni Maraviglia and Kago Kagichiri are using Kenya's mobile phone network to try and change education.

From BBC

Together with co-founder Kago Kagichiri they set up their business in Nairobi in 2011.

From BBC

"What really changed my mind about what's possible is Kago," she says.

From BBC