Associations to the word «Songhai»

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.

SONGHAI, noun. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai in Mali and Niger.