"Gnawa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Gnawas [plural], Gnawa [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic غَنَاوَة (ḡanāwa). The name appears to originate from the Saharan Berber dialect word aguinaw (or agenaou) (Arabic أݣناو), meaning black (men), perhaps itself derived from the name of a city significant in the 11th century, in what is now western Mali, called Gana, in Arabic Ghana or Jenna and in Portuguese and later French Guinea or Jenné. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|غَنَاوَة}} Arabic غَنَاوَة (ḡanāwa) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Gnawa}} Gnawa (plural Gnawas or Gnawa)
  1. Any member of an ethnic group and Sufi religious order in Morocco. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Synonyms: Gnaoua

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Alternative forms

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