Mongondow Languages
Mongondow may be, * Mongondow people *Mongondow language See also *Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow *Bolaang Mongondow Regency Bolaang Mongondow Regency is a regency of North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, situated on the island of Sulawesi. The principal town lies at Kotamobagu, which is now administratively separated from the regency, the administrative centre of which i ...

Mongondow People
The Mongondow or Bolaang Mongondow people are an ethnic group native to the north-eastern part of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The Mongondows are predominantly Muslim. They have traditionally been concentrated in the provinces of North Sulawesi and Gorontalo. This ethnic group used to be united by a single entity, the Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow, which became the western regencies of North Sulawesi after the Indonesian independence. Etymology The name Bolaang originated from the word ''Bolango'' or ''Balangon'' which means Sea. ''Bolaang'' or ''Golaang'' could also means "Bright" or "Exposed and Undark", while Mongondow originated from ''Momondow'' which means "Cries of Victory". History The beginnings to the 8th and 9th century The people of Mongondow believed that their ancestors originate from the offspring of ''Gumalangit'' and ''Tendeduata'', as well as from ''Tumotoiboko'' and ''Tumotoibokat'' that were living on Mount Komasan, in today's Bintauna, North Bolaang Mon ...
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Mongondow Language
Mongondow may be, *Mongondow people *Mongondow language See also *Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow *Bolaang Mongondow Regency Bolaang Mongondow Regency is a regency of North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, situated on the island of Sulawesi. The principal town lies at Kotamobagu, which is now administratively separated from the regency, the administrative centre of which i ...

Kingdom Of Bolaang Mongondow
The Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow, previously known as Kingdom of Bola'ang, was a state that ruled over majority of area of the present-day Bola'ang-Mongondow regencies in the North Celebes province of Indonesia, excluding Bola'ang Mongondow Utara regency, which was a territory that was ruled by smaller kingdoms of Bintauna and Kaidipang. The kingdom was founded in 1670 AD by a Mongondow prince Datu Loloda Mokoagow (died 1695). He was the son of the paramount chief of Mongondow, Tadohe (1600–1670), seated in Kotobangon in the heartland of Mongondow plateau, while the prince established himself at the port settlement of Bola'ang and went to conquer many of the northern shores and inland settlements of present-day Minahasa regencies of northern Celebes peninsula. When he succeeded his father in 1670, he titled himself ''datu'' (king) instead of the traditional Mongondow title of ''punu'' (paramount chief). This marked the beginning of Kingdom of Bola'ang. At its peak, the kin ...
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