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Wadai

American  
[wah-dahy] / wɑˈdaɪ /

noun

  1. a former independent sultanate of the Sudan, in N central Africa: now part of the Republic of Chad.


Wadai British  
/ wɑːˈdaɪ /

noun

  1. a former independent sultanate of NE central Africa: now the E part of Chad

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For the relations of France with Wadai see that article.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

Inhabitants and Chief Towns.—A census, necessarily imperfect, taken in 1906 showed a total population, exclusive of Wadai, of 3,652,000, divided in districts as follows:—Gabun, 376,000; Middle Congo, 259,000; Ubangi-Shari, 2,130,000; Chad, 885,000.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

Among other tribes may be mentioned the Berti and Takruri, the Birgirid, the Beraunas, and immigrants from Wadai and Bagirmi, and Fula from west of Lake Chad.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

Under succeeding monarchs the country, involved in wars with Sennar and Wadai, declined in importance.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

We are moving directly toward the kingdom of Baghirmi, which Vogel traversed in 1856, so as to reach the Wadai country, where he disappeared.

From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules

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