Mande
Americannoun
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a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
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a member of any of the peoples who speak these languages.
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adjective
Example Sentences
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But Jerold Mande, a former federal food policy advisor in three administrations, worries that Kennedy's own views and biases will mean some of the solutions he's reaching for are predetermined and unsupported by the evidence.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025
"At a high level, I'm optimistic but you still need to come up with the right answers, and those answers can only be found through science," says Prof Mande.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025
Mande said that the FDA has not historically excelled at transparency, and he is concerned that recent cuts to the agency’s communications staff will make matters worse.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025
Beginning around 1235, Sundiata set about consolidating his control over the heartland of the Mande people, a region centered on the upper reaches of the Senegal and Niger Rivers.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Mande pens ye are sore dinneles; bute, bute koskipen se adrey lis, ta dusta, dosta of moro foky would have been bitcheno or nash'd, but for the puro, choveno Romano jib.�
From Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language by Borrow, George Henry
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