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Kanuri

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Ka·nu·ri  (k-nr)
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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