Wolof
Americannoun
noun
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a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in Senegal
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the language of this people, belonging to the West Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo family
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Gainde means "lion" in the local Wolof language.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Dozens of immigrants listened to proceedings on headsets with access to simultaneous translations in Wolof, Haitian Creole, Arabic, French, Fula and Bambara.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
It began in the ancient Wolof Empire, the first society in Africa to establish trade with European powers in the 1400s.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
Banneker’s grandparents were said to have been an Englishwoman named Molly, who was a White indentured servant, and an enslaved Wolof man from Senegambia named Bana’ka.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2023
She liked his accent, his English drenched in Wolof and French.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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