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Koya

Koya proper noun: a precolonial African state from 1505 to 1896 in the north of present-day Sierra Leone, founded by the Temne ethnic group.

Proper noun

Koya

  1. (historical) A precolonial African state from 1505 to 1896 in the north of present-day Sierra Leone, founded by the Temne ethnic group.

Forms of Koya

alternative formKquoja

Questions about Koya

What does Koya mean?
Koya means a precolonial African state from 1505 to 1896 in the north of present-day Sierra Leone, founded by the Temne ethnic group.
What part of speech is Koya?
Koya is a proper noun.

Words near Koya in the dictionary

  1. Kowtun
  2. Koxinga
  3. Koxlax
  4. Koxtag
  5. Koy
  6. Koya
  7. koyak
  8. Koyal
  9. Koyama
  10. Koyamas
  11. koyan

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