Songhai
Americannoun
plural
Songhais,plural
Songhai-
a member of a group of peoples living along the Niger River in the area of Timbuktu and Gao in Mali and in adjacent areas of Niger and Burkina Faso.
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a West African empire dominated by the Songhai that flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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the Nilo-Saharan language of the Songhai.
noun
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a member of a Nilotic people of W Africa, living chiefly in Mali and Niger in the central Niger valley
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the language or group of dialects spoken by this people, now generally regarded as forming a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family
Example Sentences
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“ECOWAS said they had a non-coup policy,” said Adedayo Ademuwagun, a Lagos-based analyst with Songhai Advisory, a risk assessment firm.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2023
The Songhai Empire’s power was rendered ineffective after the looting and destruction of these cities.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Without effective administration from the center, Songhai weakened, and external groups began eyeing an opportunity to intervene and seize control of the lucrative trans-Saharan trade in salt and gold.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Outmatched, the larger Songhai army was defeated at the Battle of Tondibi, and Askia Ishaq II was killed.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
And for myself, I lie in my hammock at night and whisper the names to the darkness: Dahomey, Taghaza, Sankore, Accra, the ancient realm of Songhai.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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