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Bamako

[bam-uh-koh; Fr. ba-ma-koh] Origin

Ba·ma·ko

[bam-uh-koh; Fr. ba-ma-koh]
noun
a city in and the capital of Mali: inland port on the Niger River. 380,000.
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Ma·li

[mah-lee]
noun
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 9,945,383; 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
Formerly, French Sudan.

Ma·li·an, noun, adjective
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Bamako (ˌbæməˈkəʊ)
 
n
the capital of Mali, in the south, on the River Niger. Pop: 1 379 000 (2005 est)

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Mali
modern African nation, former African kingdom, perhaps from Malinke, name of an indigenous people of the region.
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Mali [(mah-lee)]

Republic in west Africa bordered by Algeria to the north and east, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the southwest, Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Its capital is Bamako. It became an independent nation in 1960.

Note: During the Middle Ages, Mali formed a huge territorial empire, noted as a center of Islamic study and as a trade route for gold. Its center was Timbuktu.
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