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:
pingos

Origin of Pingo

  • 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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