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Mende
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Appendix:Variations of "mende"
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɛndi/
en ɛndi 2
Etymology 1
Noun
p
A large West African ethnic group, speakers of the Mende language, living primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Translations
West African ethnic group
Russian: ru менде m
Proper noun
The language of the Mende people.
Translations
language
French: fr mendé m
Russian: ru менде m
Adjective
-
Of, from, or pertaining to the Mende people.
Of or pertaining to the Mende language.
See also
men
Mende people
Mende language
Mande men
Etymology 2
en :bor de:Mende + 1
Proper noun
s
en German.
Derived terms
en Mende syndrome
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Mende is the 34272nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 662 individuals. Mende is most common among White (79.15%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.12%) individuals.
Further reading
Mende (surname)
Etymology 3
+, Lozère
en fr Mende, from en oc -.
Proper noun
en commune/capital dept/Lozère r/Occitania c/France.
Anagrams
en deemn Emden Meden emend
en Ethnonyms Languages
French
Etymology
fr oc Mende, from fr la Mimate.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fr commune/capital dept/Lozère r/Occitania c/France Mende.
fr w:Florence Aubenas Le Monde A Mende, chronique des rayons de l’Hyper U : « Avoir un gros chariot, c’était être quelqu’un » 2019-08-19 https://www.lemonde.fr/festival/article/2019/08/19/a-mende-chronique-des-rayons-de-l-hyper-u-on-a-ete-heureux-dans-la-consommation_5500598_4415198.html En Lozère, la ville de Mende, 12 000 habitants, revendique deux cathédrales : Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat et l’Hyper U, seul hypermarché du département. https://web.archive.org/web/20250822213735/https://www.lemonde.fr/festival/article/2019/08/19/a-mende-chronique-des-rayons-de-l-hyper-u-on-a-ete-heureux-dans-la-consommation_5500598_4415198.html 22 August 2025
Derived terms
fr mendois
Further reading
fr
Latin
Alternative forms
la Mendae
Etymology
la Mendē :bor grc:Μένδη + 1
Pronunciation
Mendē
Proper noun
Mendē<1.loc>
A town of Chalcidice, colony of Eretria
Declension
Mendē<1.loc>
References
Mendae
la Greece Towns