Pingo Definition
pĭnggō
pingo, pingos
noun
An earth-covered ice hill formed by the upward expansion of underground ice.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Pingo
Noun
Singular:
pingo
Plural:
pingosOrigin of Pingo
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From Greenlandic or Inuktitut pingu (“small hill").
From Wiktionary
Inuit pingu hill, mound
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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