Mossi
Americannoun
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Mossis,
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Mossi
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an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
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Also called Moré. the language of the Mossi people, a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family.
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a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in Burkina Faso: noted for their use of cowry shells as currency and for their trading skill
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the language of this people, belonging to the Gur branch of the Niger-Congo family
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Although the Malians returned to the city and ruled it for another hundred years, the Mossi raid demonstrated to others that the empire had been diminished.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Mossi Raz, a veteran Meretz lawmaker who lost his seat last week, also thinks that Labor and Meretz should merge.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
Mossi Staples led the Eagles with 16 points.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
“The people of Siena fell into three big categories,” Mayor Luigi De Mossi told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2021
So, too, with the Mossi of the Sudan.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer
But Cory Nelms smashed into Sooners returner Mossis Madu and triggered a roar from the Miami home crowd.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2020
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