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Bondou
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French
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Alternative forms
fr Boundou
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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fr <<former state>> in present-day <<c/Senegal>> Bondu
fr 1830 w:René Caillié Voyage à Tombouctou 1996 49 La Découverte fr Paris 2-7071-2586-5 Enfin, nous sommes dans le Bondou. M. Partarrieu, qui redoutait extrêmement la rencontre de l'almamy, voulait éviter Boulibané, sa résidence ordinaire, pour gagner promptement et directement Bakel ; mais les habitants de Potako, second village que nous trouvâmes, manifestèrent la volonté de s'opposer à ce projet. Finally, we find ourselves in Bondu. Mr Partarrieu, who was extremely reluctant to meet the almami [Fula leader], wanted to avoid Bulibani, his usual place of residence, and quickly head straight to Bakel; but the inhabitants of Potako, the second village that we came across, expressed their opposition to this plan.
Meronyms
fr Boulibané
Holonyms
fr Sénégal