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Kanem

Kanem proper noun: a region of Chad, once the site of the Kanem Empire.

Proper noun

Kanem

  1. A region of Chad, once the site of the Kanem Empire.

Questions about Kanem

What does Kanem mean?
Kanem means a region of Chad, once the site of the Kanem Empire.
What part of speech is Kanem?
Kanem is a proper noun.

Words near Kanem in the dictionary

  1. kaneh
  2. Kaneka
  3. Kaneko
  4. Kanekos
  5. kanelboller
  6. Kanem
  7. kanemite
  8. Kaneohe
  9. kaneroside
  10. kanes
  11. Kaneshiro

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