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ségou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
segou
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in south-central Mali, lying 235 kilometres (146 mi) northeast of Bamako on the River Niger.

name

A region in south-central Mali.

Etymology

Loan from French Ségou, which is transcription of Bambara Segu.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Segou (alternative) Segu (alternative)

Questions

What does ségou mean?
A city in south-central Mali, lying 235 kilometres (146 mi) northeast of Bamako on the River Niger.
Where does ségou come from?
It is traced to French.

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