Mossi
Americannoun
plural
Mossis,plural
Mossi-
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.
noun
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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
Example Sentences
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The attacks by the Mossi and Tuareg squeezed the enfeebled Malian Empire from the north and east.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Mossi Staples led the Eagles with 16 points.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2021
He renamed the country, changing it from Upper Volta, as labeled by France, to Burkina Faso, which means “the land of upright people” in Mossi, the language of the country’s largest ethnic group.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2021
“The people of Siena fell into three big categories,” Mayor Luigi De Mossi told Reuters.
From Reuters • Aug. 13, 2021
The population was entirely independent, and resisted with success not only the Fula from the north but also the armies of Dahomey and Mossi from the south and west.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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