SONGHAI

Meaning of SONGHAI in English

[ sɒŋ'gʌɪ ]

■ noun ( plural same or ~s )

1》 a member of a people of West Africa living mainly in Niger and Mali.

2》 the Nilo-Saharan language of the ~.

Origin

the name in ~.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SONGHAI — Ethnolinguistic group chiefly inhabiting the area of the great bend in the Niger River in Mali, centred on the site …
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SONGHAI — säŋˈgī noun also son·ghoi or son·goi -ˈgȯi ; or son·ghay -ˈgī ( plural songhai or songhais ) Usage: usually capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SONGHAI — /song guy"/ , n. , pl. Songhais , ( esp. collectively ) Songhai for 1. 1. a member of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SONGHAI — also spelled Songhay, also called Sonrhai, ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the area of the great bend in the Niger River in …
Britannica English vocabulary
SONGHAI — Songhai BrE AmE ( ˌ ) sɒŋ ˈɡaɪ AmE \ ( ˌ ) sɔːŋ- ( ˌ ) sɑːŋ- ▷ Songhai|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SONGHAI — n. Ethnolinguistic group chiefly inhabiting the area of the great bend in the Niger River in Mali, centred on the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SONGHAI — Сонгай
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SONGHAI EMPIRE — or Songhay empire Ancient Muslim state, West Africa. Centred on the middle Niger River in what is now central Mali, …
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SONGHAI EMPIRE — also spelled Songhay, great trading state of West Africa (fl. 15th16th century), centred on the middle reaches of the Niger …
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SONGHAI EMPIRE — or Songhay empire Ancient Muslim state, West Africa. Centred on the middle Niger River in what is now central Mali, …
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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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TIMBUKTU — French Tombouctou Town (pop., 1998: 32,000), Mali, on the southern edge of the Sahara near the Niger River . Founded …
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NIGER RIVER — or Joliba or Kworra Principal river of western Africa. The third longest on the continent, it rises in Guinea near …
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NIGER — I officially Republic of Niger Country, western Africa, on the southern edge of the Sahara . Area: 459,073 sq mi …
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MUHAMMAD I ASKIA — or Muhammad Ture died March 2, 1538, Gao, Songhai empire West African statesman and military leader. In 1493, after wresting …
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MOSSI STATES — Complex of independent western African kingdoms (с 1500–1895) around the headwaters of the Volta River , within present-day Burkina Faso …
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DJERMA — /jerr"meuh, jair"-/ , n. , pl. Djermas , ( esp. collectively ) Djerma for 1. 1. a member of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ZERMA — also spelled Djerma, or Dyerma, also called Zaberma a people of westernmost Niger, including also a few who live in …
Britannica English vocabulary
TIMBUKTU — also spelled Tombouctou, rgion, northern Mali, West Africa, bordering Mauritania on the northwest, Algeria on the northeast, and the rgions …
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SUDAN — the vast tract of open savanna plains extending across Africa between the southern limits of the Sahara (desert) and the …
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SONNI 'ALI — died 1492 Sonni also spelled Sunni, also called Sonni 'Ali Ber (Arabic: 'Ali the Great) West African monarch who initiated …
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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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NIGER RIVER — The Niger and Sngal river basins and the Lake Chad basin and their drainage principal river of West Africa. With …
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MUHAMMAD I ASKIA — died March 2, 1538, Gao, Songhai Empire also spelled Mohammed I Askiya, also called Askia Muhammad, or Muhammad Ture, original …
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MOSSI STATES — complex of independent West African kingdoms (fl. c. 15001895) around the headwaters of the Volta River (within the modern republics …
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MALI RIVER — river, rising in the hills near the northern border of Myanmar (Burma) and flowing about 200 miles (320 km) south …
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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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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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GAO — historically Kawkaw town and capital of Gao rgion, situated on the Niger River at the southern edge of the Sahara …
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NILO-SAHARAN LANGUAGES — Group of perhaps 115 African languages spoken by more than 27 million people from Mali to Ethiopia and from southernmost …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MALI — n. officially Republic of Mali Country, West Africa. Area: 482,077 sq mi (1,248,574 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 11,340,000. Capital: …
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