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Mende

noun Men·de \ ˈmen-dē , -dā \

Definition of Mende

plural Mende or Mendes
1 : a Mande language of southern Sierra Leone and eastern Liberia
2 : a member of a people speaking Mende

First Known Use of mende

1732

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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