English Explanatory Dictionary

Wolof

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A West African people, mostly in Senegal.
  2. The language traditionally spoken by those people.
  3. The former realm of the Wolof, maintained from the 14th to the 19th centuries.
noun
  1. An individual member of the Wolof people.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɒlɒf/ /ˈwəʊlɒf/

Word forms

Wolof Wollof Woloff Jolof Jollof Djolof Ouolof Olof Volof Wolofs

Etymology

From Wolof Wolof.

Translations

Catalan: wòlofs Chinese Mandarin: 沃洛夫人 French: Wolofs Galician: wólof Lithuanian: volofai Marathi: वॉलॉफ Portuguese: wolof Romanian: wolof Spanish: wolof Swahili: Mwolofu
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