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Ka⋅nu⋅ri

[kuh-noor-ee]
–noun, plural -ris, (especially collectively) -ri for 1.
1. a member of a people living in northeast Nigeria and in Niger.
2. the Nilo-Saharan language of the Kanuri people.
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Ka·nu·ri   (kə-nŏŏr'ē)   
n.   pl. Kanuri or Ka·nu·ris
  1. A member of a Muslim people in the Bornu region west of Lake Chad in northeast Nigeria.

  2. The Nilo-Saharan language of this people.

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