Baby Gorilla Born at the Cincinnati Zoo Finally Gets a Name: Here's the Cute Moniker and What It Means

The Cincinnati Zoo has yet fixed 1 of its newest additions a name.

The animal constitution announced successful a Facebook post connected Oct. 13 that a baby gorilla calved connected Sept. 20 has been named Mboka Jo.

Mboka, nan Cincinnati Zoo said, "means community/village successful Lingala, 1 of nan languages spoken successful nan region wherever occidental lowland gorillas live."

"This is simply a motion to each nan group who came together to thief Gladys erstwhile she was a baby, supported her erstwhile she had a surgery limb past year, and passim her pregnancy," nan societal media station continued.

The mediate sanction Jo, meanwhile, was added by zoo workers to grant Jomo, nan foster begetter of Gladys.

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In nan comments conception of nan post, Cincinnati Zoo fans and attendees celebrated nan newborn's moniker.

"It’s a beautiful sanction and a awesome remembrance of Jomo," 1 wrote, arsenic different said, "So excited he has a cleanable tribute and sanction now."

Added 1 much zoo goer: "I emotion that nan sanction has truthful overmuch meaning and history."

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A follow-up post shared by nan Cincinnati Zoo connected Oct. 16 showed nan mother-baby brace together successful their exhibit.

"Mboka Jo is almost a period old. He’s beardown and alert, and Gladys is being a awesome mother," nan post's caption read.