SOKOTO

Meaning of SOKOTO in English

Sokoto BrE AmE ˈsəʊk ə təʊ AmE \ ˈsoʊk oʊ toʊ

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SOKOTO — City (pop., 1996 est.: 204,900), northwestern Nigeria. It lies along the Sokoto River on a traditional caravan route that leads …
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SOKOTO — /soh"koh toh', soh'koh toh", seuh koh"toh/ , n. 1. a state in NW Nigeria; formerly a sultanate and province; empire …
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SOKOTO — state, northwestern Nigeria. Bordering the Republic of Niger to the north, it also shares boundaries with Kebbi state to the …
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SOKOTO — City (pop., 1996 est.: 204,900), northwestern Nigeria. It lies along the Sokoto River on a traditional caravan route that leads …
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SOKOTO — г. Сокото
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SOKOTO — г. Сокото
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SOKOTO RIVER — also called Kebbi River, river in northwestern Nigeria, rising just south of Funtua on the northern plateau. It flows northwestward …
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USMAN DAN FODIO — born December 1754, Maratta, Gobir, Hausaland died 1817, Sokoto, Fulani empire Fulani mystic, philosopher, and revolutionary reformer. In a jihad …
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AHMADU SEKU — died 1898, Sokoto, Northern Nigeria Second and last ruler of the Tukulor empire in West Africa. Succeeding his father, al-Ḥājj …
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WESTERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF
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JIHAD — also spelled Jehad, Arabic Jihad (fight, or battle), a religious duty imposed on Muslims to spread Islam by waging war; …
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ZARIA — city, Kaduna State, north central Nigeria, on the Kubanni River (a tributary of the Kaduna). Headquarters of the Zaria Local …
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USMAN DAN FODIO — born December 1754, Maratta, Gobir, Hausaland [now in Nigeria] died 1817, Sokoto, Fulani empire Usman also spelled Uthman, or Usuman, …
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TUKULOR EMPIRE — Tukulor also spelled Tukolor, or Toucouleur, Muslim theocracy that flourished in the 19th century in western Africa from Senegal eastward …
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THOMSON, JOSEPH — born , Feb. 14, 1858, Penpont, Dumfries, Scot. died Aug. 2, 1895, London, Eng. Scottish geologist, naturalist, and explorer who …
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SONGHAI — also spelled Songhay, also called Sonrhai, ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the area of the great bend in the Niger River in …
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NIGERIA, FLAG OF — vertically striped green-white-green national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2. From the late 17th century in what is …
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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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KONTAGORA — town and traditional emirate, northwestern Niger state, western Nigeria, on the south bank of the Kontagora River. Umaru Nagwamatse, an …
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KEBBI — state, northwestern Nigeria. It was created in 1991 from the southwestern half of Sokoto (q.v.) state. Kebbi borders the nations …
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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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KADUNA — state, north-central Nigeria. Its area includes the traditional emirate of Zaria and Jemaa town. Kaduna was substantially reduced in size …
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ILORIN — city, traditional emirate, and capital of Kwara State, western Nigeria, on the Awun River, a minor tributary of the Niger. …
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GWANDU — also called Gando, town and traditional emirate, Kebbi state, northwestern Nigeria. It lies near a branch of the Zamfara River, …
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GUSAU — town, Sokoto state, northern Nigeria, on the Sokoto River. It grew after the arrival of the railway from Zaria, 105 …
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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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CLAPPERTON, HUGH — born May 18, 1788, Annan, Dumfries, Scot. died April 13, 1827, near Sokoto, Fulani Empire the first European explorer in …
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BIRNIN KEBBI — town and capital of Kebbi state, northwestern Nigeria. It lies along the Sokoto (Kebbi) River at the intersection of roads …
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ARGUNGU — town and traditional emirate, Kebbi state, northwestern Nigeria. The town is on the Sokoto (Kebbi) River and lies at the …
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USMAN DAN FODIO — born December 1754, Maratta, Gobir, Hausaland died 1817, Sokoto, Fulani empire Fulani mystic, philosopher, and revolutionary reformer. In a jihad …
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