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mandekan

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Man·de·kan   (mān-dē'kən, män-dā'-)   
n.  See Mandingo.
Man·din·go   (mān-dĭng'gō)   
n.   pl. Mandingo or Man·din·gos also Man·din·goes

  1. A member of any of various peoples inhabiting a large area of the upper Niger River valley of western Africa.

  2. A group of closely related Mande languages including Bambara, Malinke, and Maninka, widely spoken in western Africa. Also called Mandekan.


[Mandingo mandeŋga, from mandi, Mande; see Mande.]
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