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Mamadou.

a male given name from West Africa.

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

name/ma.ma.du/

  1. a male given name from West Africa.

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad), via North and West African languages such as Hausa Muhammadu. Doublet of Mahomet and Mohammed. (1897) The noun comes from the given name. It was first used in a catholic faith report to describe derogatorily an undetermined African person.

noun/ma.ma.du/

  1. a Black person, a person from Africa and/or with sub-Saharan origin.

    ethnic · masculine · offensive · slur
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad), via North and West African languages such as Hausa Muhammadu. Doublet of Mahomet and Mohammed. (1897) The noun comes from the given name. It was first used in a catholic faith report to describe derogatorily an undetermined African person.

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