"Mandingo" meaning in English

See Mandingo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mandingo
  1. A macrolanguage spoken primarily in West Africa, with seven individual languages: Mandinka, Eastern Maninkakan, Forest Maninka, Kita Maninkakan, Konyanka Maninka, Sankaran Maninka, Western Maninkakan. Categories (topical): Body, Languages Translations (macrolanguage): mandingo (Finnish), mandingo [masculine] (Italian), манден (manden) (Russian), мандинго (mandingo) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Mandingo-en-name-qwKMPplu Disambiguation of Body: 47 7 46 Disambiguation of Languages: 63 34 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 4 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 92 6 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 2 4

Noun

Forms: Mandingos [plural], Mandingoes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Mandingoes}} Mandingo (plural Mandingos or Mandingoes)
  1. A member of the Mandinka people.
    Sense id: en-Mandingo-en-noun-TB0vHMNf
  2. (offensive) A black man with a large penis. Tags: offensive Categories (topical): Body
    Sense id: en-Mandingo-en-noun-mLzbwama Disambiguation of Body: 47 7 46

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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