BORNU

Meaning of BORNU in English

/bawr"nooh/ , n.

a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BORNU — Vast plain, northeastern Nigeria. Prominent physical features include the plain, a volcanic plateau, and swamps south of Lake Chad . …
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BORNU — historical kingdom and emirate in northeastern Nigeria. Bornu was originally the southernmost province of the Kanem empire, an ancient kingdom …
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BORNU — Vast plain, northeastern Nigeria. Prominent physical features include the plain, a volcanic plateau, and swamps south of Lake Chad . …
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KANEM-BORNU — Former African empire around Lake Chad . It was ruled by the Sef dynasty in the 9th–19th century. Its territory …
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KANEM-BORNU — African trading empire ruled by the Sef (Sayf) dynasty that controlled the area around Lake Chad from the 9th to …
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KANEM-BORNU — Former African empire around Lake Chad . It was ruled by the Sef dynasty in the 9th19th century. Its territory …
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ZARIA — formerly Zazzau Historic kingdom and traditional emirate, northern Nigeria. It was founded in the 11th century and was the southernmost …
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NIGERIA — officially Federal Republic of Nigeria Country, western Africa. Area: 356,669 sq mi (923,773 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 129,935,000. Capital: …
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KANURI — People of northeastern Nigeria and southeastern Niger, with smaller numbers in Chad, Cameroon, and Sudan. They number about four million. …
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DARFUR — Historical region and former province, western Sudan. It was an independent kingdom from с 2500 BC. Its first traditional rulers, …
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CHAD — French Tchad Country, north-central Africa. Area: 495,752 sq mi (1,283,998 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 8,997,000. Capital: N'Djamena . The …
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WADAI — historical African kingdom east of Lake Chad and west of Darfur, in what is now the Ouadda (q.v.) region of …
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NIGER, FLAG OF — horizontally striped orange-white-green national flag with an orange sun on the centre stripe. The flag's width-to-length ratio is approximately 6 …
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NGURU — town, northwestern Yobe state, northern Nigeria, near the Hadejia River, a seasonal tributary of the Komadugu Yobe River, which flows …
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NACHTIGAL, GUSTAV — born Feb. 23, 1834, Eichstedt, Brandenburg died April 19, 1885, at sea, off Cape Palmas, Liberia explorer of the Sahara …
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MISAU — also spelled Missau, or Messau town and traditional emirate, northern Bauchi state, northern Nigeria, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of …
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MAIDUGURI — also called Yerwa, or Yerwa-Maiduguri capital and largest city of Borno state, northeastern Nigeria. It is located on the north …
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KATSINA — town, capital of Katsina state, northern Nigeria, near the Niger border. Probably founded about 1100 near Ambuttai, which was the …
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KATAGUM — town and traditional emirate, Bauchi State, northern Nigeria, on the north bank of the Jamaare River (a tributary of the …
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KANO — state, northern Nigeria. It was formed in 1968 from Kano province, and in 1991 its northeastern portion was split off …
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HAUSA STATES — group of neighbouring African states, occasionally interconnected from the mid-14th century by loose alliances. Their territory lay above the confluence …
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FULANI EMPIRE — Muslim theocracy of the Western Sudan that flourished in the 19th century. The Fulani, a people of obscure origins, expanded …
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DIKWA — also called Dikoa town and traditional emirate, Borno state, Nigeria. The town lies near the Yedseram River, which flows into …
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DENHAM, DIXON — born Jan. 1, 1786, London, Eng. died May 8, 1828, Freetown, Sierra Leone English soldier who became one of the …
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DARFUR — also spelled Darfur (Arabic: House of the Fur), historical region of the Bilad as-Sudan (Arabic: Land of the Blacks), a …
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CHAD, LAKE — French Lac Tchad, lake in west-central Africa at the conjunction of the countries of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. The …
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BORNO — formerly Bornu, state, northeastern Nigeria. It is the central fragment of the old Bornu empire of the Kanuri people. Its …
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BEDDE — traditional emirate, Yobe state, northern Nigeria. Although Bade (Bedde, Bede) peoples settled in the vicinity of Tagali village near Gashua …
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BAGIRMI, KINGDOM OF — Bagirmi also spelled Baguirmi, historic African state founded in the 16th century in the region just southeast of Lake Chad. …
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BAGIRMI — also spelled Baguirmi, people of mixed origin living on the southern fringe of the Sahara, close to the region of …
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CHAD — n. French Tchad Country, north-central Africa. Area: 495,752 sq mi (1,283,998 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 8,997,000. Capital: N'Djamena . …
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