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NGOMKO, NGOMKOW, NGOMKAW, NGONNCOR, NGONNKOR

Ngomkow (or Ngomkaw, Ngomko, Ngonncor, Ngonnkor) is a locality of Cameroon located in Nwa Subdivision, in the Donga-Mantung division and the North-West Region, near the border with Nigeria. It is part of Nwa rural council and Mbaw canton. The name Ngomko is a compound name. It is formed of the word "Nguu" which means "land" and the word "ŋkwɔ" which means "space". So, the name Ngomko means "space of land" or "spacious land". The first Ngomko thus gave themselves a descriptive name of the land they found. The name used locally by the Ngomko people to designate their population is "Boŋkwɔ́ ". It is a contraction of the expression "Bə Nguu-ŋkwɔ́ " and literally means "people of the spacious land". Thus, the Ngomko people call their land "Lá 'Boŋkwɔ" in their native tongue. Online, some projects have used the spellings Ngomkow, Ngomkaw, Ngonncor or Ngonnkor instead of Ngomko. This later spelling is preferred.