Kanuri

[kuh-noo r-ee]

noun, plural Ka·nu·ris, (especially collectively) Ka·nu·ri for 1.

a member of a people living in northeast Nigeria and in Niger.
the Nilo-Saharan language of the Kanuri people.

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The chief languages are the Kanuri or Bornu language and Arabic.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3
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All these travellers were well received by the Kanuri, whose power from the middle of the 19th century began to decay.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3
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