Mandinka

//manˈdɪŋkə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a particular people of West Africa.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language spoken by these people, of the Mandé group of the Niger-Congo language family.

Example

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"In November, he opened his bakery and called it Seylou, which means eagle in the Mandinka language of West Africa."

Etymology

From Mandinka Mandinka (“someone from Mande”), from Mandiŋ (“Mande”) + -ka (“inhabitant suffix”).

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