Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mandingo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
mandin-go
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A macrolanguage spoken primarily in West Africa, with seven individual languages: Mandinka, Eastern Maninkakan, Forest Maninka, Kita Maninkakan, Konyanka Maninka, Sankaran Maninka, Western Maninkakan.

noun

A member of the Mandinka people.

noun

A black man with a large penis.

Offensive

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Etymology

From Mandinka Mandinka. Compare French mandingue, from the same source.

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What does mandingo mean?
A macrolanguage spoken primarily in West Africa, with seven individual languages: Mandinka, Eastern Maninkakan, Forest Maninka, Kita Maninkakan, Konyanka Maninka, Sankaran Maninka, Western Maninkakan.
Where does mandingo come from?
From Mandinka Mandinka. Compare French mandingue, from the same source.

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