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1. Kanuri, n. View full entry 1876

...A group of black African peoples living in the region of Lake Chad, in north-eastern Nigeria; the language of these peoples, which belongs to the Central Saharan group....

2. Karamojo, n. View full entry 1911

...A Nilotic people of north-eastern Uganda; a member of this people....

3. Kioko, n. View full entry 1884

...A member of an African people inhabiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola; (also) the language of this people. Also attrib. or as ...

4. Kissi, n. and adj. View full entry 1884

...An agricultural people inhabiting the regions of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia near the headwaters of the Niger; one of this people; also, their language....

5. kuka, n. View full entry 1882

...A name used in Ghana for Khaya senegalensis; also kuka-tree; see khaya...

6. Limba, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1902

...A member of a West African people inhabiting Sierra Leone....

7. Loma, n.3 and adj. View full entry 1957

...The name of a people inhabiting the border regions of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Republic of Guinea, and of their language....

8. Malinke, n. and adj. View full entry 1883

...A member of a people inhabiting the Manding heartland in West Africa and speaking one of the best-known forms of the Manding language....

9. muninga, n. View full entry 1888

...Any of several trees of the genus Pterocarpus (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)) found in southern Africa, esp. the kiaat, P. angolensis....

10. San, n.2 View full entry 1876

...The name used for themselves by the Bushmen of southern Africa (see bushman1); also attrib....

11. Soninke, n. View full entry 1886

...A member of a people living in Mali and Senegal; the people itself; the Mandingo language or dialects spoken by this people. Also attrib. Cf. Malinke...

12. Wakamba, n. View full entry 1888

...= Kamba...

13. Wanderobo, n. View full entry 1902

...The name of a nomadic hunting tribe of Kenya. Also attrib. or as ...

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