Associations to the word «Songhai»
Noun
- Mali
- Gao
- Niger
- Mohammad
- Sunni
- Ghana
- Saharan
- Burkina
- Faso
- Sudan
- Sahara
- Empire
- Musa
- Ali
- Pasha
- Discord
- Morocco
- Bella
- Ber
- Nigeria
- Gunpowder
- Muhammad
- Sorcery
- Ruler
- Senegal
- Trans
- Ahmad
- Moor
- Congo
- Zimbabwe
- Collapse
- Dynasty
- Conquest
- Islam
- Invader
- Africa
- Tanzania
- Caste
- Kingdom
- Decline
- Danny
- Thompson
- Sultan
- Revolt
- Century
- Independence
- Cavalry
- Delta
- Trader
- Capital
- Expansion
- Western
- West
- Descendant
- Arab
- Region
- Defeat
- Language
- Invasion
- Th
- Al
- Wealth
- Control
- Clan
- Group
- Spread
- Territory
Adjective
Wiktionary
SONGHAI, proper noun. Any of a group of closely related languages or dialects centred on the middle stretches of the Niger River in West Africa, and used as a lingua franca in that region.
SONGHAI, proper noun. The Songhai Empire.
SONGHAI, noun. Any member of a West African people who speak the Songhai languages.
SONGHAI EMPIRE, proper noun. A Songhai state that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century.
Dictionary definition
SONGHAI, noun. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai in Mali and Niger.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.