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Bambara.

A member of a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa.

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noun/bɑmˈbɑɹ.ə//-ɑ/
  1. A member of a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa.

  2. The Bambara groundnut, Vigna subterranea.

name/bɑmˈbɑɹ.ə//-ɑ/
  1. A West Sudanic language spoken mainly in Mali by as many as six million people, and by smaller numbers of people in Senegal Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Gambia.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.