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Woloff

Woloff is the alternative form of Wolof.

Meaning of Wolof

Proper noun

Wolof

  1. A West African people, mostly in Senegal.
  2. The language traditionally spoken by those people.
    • ‘But come on: haven’t you learnt even a little bit of Wolof yet?’2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 221
  3. (historical) The former realm of the Wolof, maintained from the 14th to the 19th centuries.

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Questions about Woloff

What is Woloff the alternative form of?
Woloff is the alternative form of Wolof.

Words near Woloff in the dictionary

  1. wolly
  2. Wolman
  3. Wolman disease
  4. Wolmans
  5. Wolof
  6. Woloff
  7. Wolofs
  8. wolog
  9. Wolong
  10. Woloson
  11. Wolosons

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