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Songhai
see synonyms of songhaiNoun
1. songhai
a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai in Mali and Niger
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Songhai
see synonyms of songhainoun
1. plural -ghai or -ghais
a member of a Nilotic people of W Africa, living chiefly in Mali and Niger in the central Niger valley
2.
the language or group of dialects spoken by this people, now generally regarded as forming a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family
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Songhai
see synonyms of songhai An ancient empire of western Africa in present-day Mali. It was founded c. 700 by Berbers and reached the height of its power around 1500.
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