Mandinka
/manˈdɪŋkə/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A member of a particular people of West Africa.
Proper Noun
- 1 The language spoken by these people, of the Mandé group of the Niger-Congo language family.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"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”).