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Gnawa.

Any member of an ethnic group and Sufi religious order in Morocco.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Any member of an ethnic group and Sufi religious order in Morocco.

Where this word comes from

From French Gnaoua, from Moroccan Arabic ڭناوة (gnāwa), from Tashelhit agnaw (“stutterer, a person of sub-Saharan origin”).

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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.