KANURI

Meaning of KANURI in English

/keuh noor"ee/ , n. , pl. Kanuris , ( esp. collectively ) Kanuri for 1.

1. a member of a people living in northeast Nigeria and in Niger.

2. the Nilo-Saharan language of the Kanuri people.

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

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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KANURI — kəˈnu̇rē noun ( plural kanuri or kanuris ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Negro people of the Muslim …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KANURI — African people, the dominant element of the population of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria and also found in large numbers …
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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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KANURI — Канури
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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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BORNU — Vast plain, northeastern Nigeria. Prominent physical features include the plain, a volcanic plateau, and swamps south of Lake Chad . …
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MABA — I. ˈmäbə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Tongan & Fijian, a tree of the genus Maba : a …
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KORRIGUM — ˈkärə̇gəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: modification of Kanuri kargum : a reddish fawn antelope ( Damaliscus korrigum ) of …
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NILO-SAHARAN — /nuy'loh seuh har"euhn, -hair"-, -hahr"-/ , n. a family of African languages, including the Central and Eastern Sudanic groups as …
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YOBE — state, northeastern Nigeria. It borders the Republic of Niger to the north and the Nigerian states of Borno to the …
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TEDA LANGUAGE — language spoken in Chad, Niger, and Libya. It is closely related to the Kanuri, Zaghawa, and Berti languages and belongs …
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STATISTICS: NIGERIA
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STATISTICS: NIGER
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SAHARAN LANGUAGES — group of African languages spoken in Chad and northeastern Nigeria. They include Kanuri, which is the most important language of …
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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, 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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NIGER — officially Republic of Niger, French Rpublique du Niger landlocked western African country. The republic has an area of 458,075 square …
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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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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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LAFIA — formerly Lafia Beri-beri, town, Plateau State, central Nigeria. Originally the site of Anane, a small town of the Arago people, …
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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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JAMA'ARE — also spelled Jamaari, town and traditional emirate, Bauchi state, northern Nigeria. The town is situated along the Jamaari River, which …
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GOMBE — town and traditional emirate, southeastern Bauchi state, northeastern Nigeria. Gombe emirate was founded in 1804 by Buba Yero (Abubakar), a …
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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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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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CAMEROON, MOUNT — French Mont Cameroun, volcanic massif of southwestern Cameroon, rising to a height of 13,435 feet (4,095 m) and extending 14 …
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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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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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