Ghiolof
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French
Etymology
Likely an earlier form of Wolof.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ghiolof m
- (obsolete) A former country in West Africa
- 1830, René Caillié, Voyage à Tombouctou, Paris: La Découverte, published 1996, →ISBN, page 46:
- Arrivés sur les frontières du Cayor, nous trouvâmes un désert qui le sépare du Ghiolof. On sait qu’autrefois ces deux pays appartenaient au même souverain, qui les gouvernait sous le titre de bour (ou empereur), [...]
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Noun
Ghiolof m (plural Ghiolofs)
- (obsolete) an inhabitant of the country of Ghiolof
- 1830, René Caillié, Voyage à Tombouctou, Paris: La Découverte, published 1996, →ISBN, page 46:
- Peu de temps s’était écoulé que nous regrettions déjà la généreuse hospitalité des Ghiolofs.
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