Mende

[ men-dee ]

noun

, plural Men·des, (especially collectively) Men·de

1. a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
2. a Niger-Congo language of the Mande branch spoken by the Mende people.

Example Sentences

The women were sent to Mende to be immured in convents, and the men were imprisoned in the archpriest's dungeons.

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Abundance of excursions are to be made from Mende, and the prices of hotels are very moderate.

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"Mende," they grunted to us and then, without ceremony, began examining us critically.

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Railway then took me to Mende, an exceedingly beautiful place, and afterwards to Rodez.

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Such were the movements of the town of Mende, when the troops entered the place.

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