MANDE

Meaning of MANDE in English

[Man.de] n (1883) 1: mandingo

2: a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso

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MANDE — noun Date: 1883 Mandingo , a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory …
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MANDE — ˈmän(ˌ)dā noun ( plural mande also mandes ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : mandingo 1, 2 2. : a branch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MANDE — /mahn"day/ , n. 1. a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MANDE — noun Date: 1883 1. : Mandingo 2. : a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in Sierra Leone, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MANDE — [ 'mα:ndeɪ ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of any of a large group …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MANDE — also called Mali, or Mandingo , group of peoples of western Africa, whose various Mande languages form a branch of …
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MANDE — Mande BrE AmE ˈmænd eɪ ˈmɑːnd- AmE \ ˈmɑːnd eɪ mɑːn ˈdeɪ ▷ Mande|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MANDE — n. Pronunciation: ' män- ˌ d ā , män- ' Function: noun Date: 1883 1 : MANDINGO 2 : a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MANDE LANGUAGES — Branch of the Mande comprises 40 languages of West Africa with more than 20 million speakers in a more or …
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MANDE LANGUAGES — a branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising 40 languages spoken by some 20 million people in a more or …
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MANDE LANGUAGES — Branch of the Niger-Congo language family . Mande comprises 40 languages of West Africa with more than 20 million speakers …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SUSU — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Date: 1786 a member of a West African people of Mali, Guinea, and the area …
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NIGER-CONGO — noun Etymology: Niger (river) + Congo (river) Date: circa 1950 a language family that includes the Mande and Kwa branches …
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MENDE — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Date: 1732 a Mande language of southern Sierra Leone and eastern Liberia, a member of …
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DAGUERRE — biographical name Louis (-Jacques-Mandé) 1789-1851 French painter & inventor
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
GHANA — officially Republic of Ghana formerly Gold Coast Country, West Africa. Area: 92,098 sq mi (238,533 sq km). Population (2002 est.): …
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TOPI — I. topi variant of topee II. to·pi ˈtōpē noun ( plural topi ) Etymology: of Mande origin; akin to Mande …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAUND — I. noun or maun ˈmȯn(d), ˈmȧnd, ˈmand ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English maund hand basket, from Middle French mande, …
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
WESTERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF
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WESTERN AFRICA — region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two …
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VAI — also spelled Vei, also called Gallinas, people inhabiting northwestern Liberia and contiguous parts of Sierra Leone. Early Portuguese writers called …
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SONINKE — also called Sarakole, Seraculeh, or Serahuli, a people located in Senegal near Bakel on the Sngal River and in neighbouring …
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LIBERIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped national flag with six red stripes and five white stripes and a blue canton bearing a white star. …
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GURO — also spelled Gouro, also called Kweni, people of the Cte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), in the valley regions of the Bandama …
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GUINEA-BISSAU, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of two horizontal stripes of yellow and green and, at the hoist, a vertical red stripe with …
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GUANG — also spelled Guan, also called Gonja, or Ngbanya, people of northern Ghana speaking Gur (or Voltaic) and Guang languages of …
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GHANA — first of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa (fl. 7th13th century). It was situated between the Sahara (Desert) …
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COTE D'IVOIRE, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the present. Additional reading T.D. Roberts et al., Area Handbook …
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BANANA — / bəˈnɑːnə; NAmE bəˈnænə/ noun a long curved fruit with a thick yellow skin and soft flesh, that grows on …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GHANA — n. officially Republic of Ghana formerly Gold Coast Country, West Africa. Area: 92,098 sq mi (238,533 sq km). Population (2002 …
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