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Ghiolof

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Etymology

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Likely an earlier form of Wolof.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ghiolof m

  1. (obsolete) A former country in West Africa
    • 1830, René Caillié, Voyage à Tombouctou, Paris: La Découverte, published 1996, →ISBN, page 46:
      Arrivés sur les frontières du Cayor, nous trouvâmes un désert qui le sépare du Ghiolof. On sait qu’autrefois ces deux pays appartenaient au même souverain, qui les gouvernait sous le titre de bour (ou empereur), [...]
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Noun

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Ghiolof m (plural Ghiolofs)

  1. (obsolete) an inhabitant of the country of Ghiolof
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