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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wolof

African people of Senegal and Gambia. Also the name of the Niger-Congo language they speak.

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Wolof

Wolof or Wollof may refer to:

  • The Wolof or Jolof Empire, a medieval West African successor of the Mali Empire from the 14th to 16th centuries in present-day Senegal
  • The Wolof or Jolof Kingdom, a rump survival of the earlier empire in the same area from the 16th to the 19th centuries
  • Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
  • Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania

Usage examples of "wolof".

Africa, as we knew it, but now his nephew, General Wolof Joseph, has ascended to the throne, and recaptured full control of the country.

Armageddon along the plans carefully prepared by General Sharon and Wolof Joseph.

From the Senegalese guys on my caseload, I speak enough of their native tongue, Wolof, to negotiate a good deal for Bill and Angel to buy their wives some nice scarves.

The voice crooned stronger and more hypnotic, and Adams wished desperately that he could understand the Wolof words.

Many of the guest laborers were Fulani or Wolof, brown-skinned Senegalese, with occasional black-skinned tropical Africans from further south and inland.