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Mandingo

American  
[man-ding-goh] / mænˈdɪŋ goʊ /

noun

Mandingos, plural Mandingoes plural
  1. a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.

  2. Mande.

  3. Malinke.


Mandingo British  
/ mænˈdɪŋɡəʊ /

noun

  1. a former name for Mande Malinke

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Kante brought Guinean, and Mandingo, culture to the world.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2020

Operators speak French and at least five dialects of West African languages like Mandingo and Pulaar.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2014

The Guerze are mostly Christian or animist, while the Konianke are Muslims considered to be close to the Mandingo ethnic community who live in neighbouring countries.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2013

Touré was a nationalist who built a powerful Mandingo kingdom by conquering neighboring states.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

There's a goodly batch of Yoruba, granted, but the rest are everything from Ibo and Ashanti to Mandingo.

From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas

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