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Man·din·go

 (măn-dĭng′gō)
n. pl. Mandingo or Man·din·gos also Man·din·goes
See Mande.
[Mande mandeŋga, from mandeŋ, Mande; see Mande.]
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Mandingo

(mænˈdɪŋɡəʊ)
n, pl -gos or -goes
1. (Languages) a former name for Mande, Malinke
2. (Peoples) a former name for Mande, Malinke
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Man•din•go

(mænˈdɪŋ goʊ)

n., pl. -gos -goes, (esp. collectively) -go.
1. Malinke.
2.
a. (esp. formerly) Mande.
b. a member of a subgroup of Mande-speaking peoples, including the Malinke and Bambara.
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It arrived in Senegal, penetrated to the Fonta-Jallon, visited the Foullah and Mandingo populations, and returned to England without further results.
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