BAMBARA

Meaning of BAMBARA in English

[Bam.ba.ra] n, pl Bambara or Bambaras (1883) 1: a member of an African people of the upper Niger

2: a Mande language of the Bambara people

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

BAMBARA — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Arabic bambāra, probably ultimately from ~ bamana, a self-designation Date: 1851 a member of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BAMBARA — People of the upper Niger region of Mali who speak a Niger-Congo family. Numbering 3.4 million, the Bambara use the …
Английский словарь Британика
BAMBARA — bämˈbärə noun ( plural bambara or bambaras ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Negroid people of the upper …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BAMBARA — /bahm bahr"ah, -bahr"euh/ , n. 1. a Mande language that is used as a trade language in the upper Niger …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAMBARA — n. Mandingo language spoken by the Bambara people
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BAMBARA — n. group of African people that live in Mali (western Africa); Niger-Congo language spoken in the West Africa (in Mali, …
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BAMBARA — n. member of the African Bambara people that live in Mali (western Africa)
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BAMBARA — noun ( plural Bambara or Bambaras ) Etymology: Arabic bambāra, probably ultimately from Bambara bamana, a self-designation Date: 1851 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BAMBARA — [ bam'bα:rə ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of a West African people living …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BAMBARA — Bambara dance headdress of wood in the form of an antelope, representing the spirit Tyiwara, who ethnolinguistic group of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
BAMBARA — n. People of the upper Niger region of Mali who speak a Mande language of the Niger-Congo family. Numbering 3.4 …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BAMBARA — Бамана
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BAMBARA — n. Pronunciation: bam- ' bär- ə Function: noun Inflected Form: plural Bambara or Bambaras Etymology: Arabic bamb ā ra, probably …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BAMBARA, TONI CADE — born March 25, 1939, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Dec. 9, 1995, Philadelphia, Pa. original name Toni Cade American writer, …
Britannica English vocabulary
BAMBARA STATES — two separate West African states, one of which was based on the town of Sgou, between the Sngal and Niger …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHEA TREE — noun Etymology: Bambara si Date: 1799 a tropical African tree ( Vitellaria paradoxa syn. Butyrospermum parkii ) of the sapodilla …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COOTER — noun Etymology: of African origin; akin to Bambara & Malinke kuta turtle Date: 1832 any of several freshwater turtles (genus …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUKULOR — Muslim people of Senegal and western Mali. Because of extended contacts with the Fulani , the Tukulor speak a dialect …
Английский словарь Британика
SEGONI-KUN — Highly sculptural mask of the Tyiwara society of the western African Bambara tribe. Derived from the antelope's form and emphasizing …
Английский словарь Британика
NIGER RIVER — or Joliba or Kworra Principal river of western Africa. The third longest on the continent, it rises in Guinea near …
Английский словарь Британика
MANDE LANGUAGES — Branch of the Mande comprises 40 languages of West Africa with more than 20 million speakers in a more or …
Английский словарь Британика
MALI — officially Republic of Mali Country, West Africa. Area: 482,077 sq mi (1,248,574 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 11,340,000. Capital: Bamako …
Английский словарь Британика
CÔTE D'IVOIRE — or Ivory Coast officially Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Country, western Africa. Area: 124,504 sq mi (322,463 sq km). Population (2002): …
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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 …
Английский словарь Британика
DA — I. ˈdä noun ( -s ) Etymology: Bambara : kenaf II. noun ( -s ) Usage: sometimes capitalized Etymology: short …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALAPHON — ˈbaləˌfōn, -än noun also balafo -fō ( -s ) Etymology: French & Bambara; French balafon, from Bambara balafo to play …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEGONI-KUN — mask derived from the antelope form, worn by a member of the Tyiwara society of the Bambara tribe in West …
Britannica English vocabulary
TUKULOR EMPIRE — Tukulor also spelled Tukolor, or Toucouleur, Muslim theocracy that flourished in the 19th century in western Africa from Senegal eastward …
Britannica English vocabulary
TIMBUKTU — also spelled Tombouctou, rgion, northern Mali, West Africa, bordering Mauritania on the northwest, Algeria on the northeast, and the rgions …
Britannica English vocabulary
NIGER RIVER — The Niger and Sngal river basins and the Lake Chad basin and their drainage principal river of West Africa. With …
Britannica English vocabulary
MALI — officially Republic of Mali, French Rpublique du Mali landlocked country in western Africa. Mali is bordered to the west by …
Britannica English vocabulary
CÔTE D'IVOIRE — or Ivory Coast officially Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Country, western Africa. Area: 124,504 sq mi (322,463 sq km). Population (2002): …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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