mandingo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Mandingo noun A member of a large group of West African peoples living mainly in Mali, Guinea, Senegal, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. The name Mandinka is now generally preferred.
Senses
mandingo is used for these senses in English:
- Mandingo A macrolanguage spoken primarily in West Africa, with seven individual languages: Mandinka, Eastern Maninkakan, Forest Maninka, Kita Maninkakan, Konyanka Maninka, Sankaran Maninka, Western Maninkakan.
Mandingo — full definition
- noun A member of a large group of West African peoples living mainly in Mali, Guinea, Senegal, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. The name Mandinka is now generally preferred.
- noun The Mande language spoken by these peoples, part of the Niger-Congo family.
- adjective Of or relating to the Mandinka people, their language or their culture.