Mende
Americannoun
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Mendes,
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Mende
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a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
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a Niger-Congo language of the Mande branch spoken by the Mende people.
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When Mende, mother of two, tosses herself into the Yaselda River after her husband runs off to Minsk, her sister, Fanny, decides that enough is enough: She will track down the good-for-nothing man herself.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
But the term for Ebola in Mende, one of Sierra Leone’s languages, became “monda wote,” which translates to “family turn round.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2020
Some are beautiful, if obscure, like the Mende mask from Sierra Leone, and the white oak plate and vessel from 20th century Ukraine, crockery made from a tree sacred to Ukrainians.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2020
Scientists found links to the Mende people of Sierra Leone, Yoruba as well as Esan people in Nigeria, plus other groups in western areas of The Gambia.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2020
So I said hello in Mende, my tribal language.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
University of Ottawa law professor Errol Mendes told AFP that, hours after the PQ win, "the challenge to Canadian unity was small."
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
“The Bank of Canada must prioritize managing price pressures over growth concerns when the two are in conflict,” said Royce Mendes, head of macro strategy at Desjardins Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The producer, who’s also known for his work with Phoebe Bridgers and Shawn Mendes, remembers the first time they made music in the studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Instead, defender Nuno Mendes sprinted in and drove a low, left-footed strike into the bottom of the net.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“That’s how Justin and Shawn Mendes did it, right?”
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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