1. Mende - Noun
2. Mende - Adjective
3. Mende - Proper noun
Mende pl (plural only)
A large West African ethnic group, speakers of the Mende language, living primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Mende
The language of the Mende people.
Of, from, or pertaining to the Mende people.
Of or pertaining to the Mende language.
Mende (plural Mendes)
A surname from German.
Mende
A commune, the capital of the Lozère department, Occitanie, France.
A 1930s study of the Mende in the west African state of Sierra Leone concluded that a plurality of wives is an agricultural asset, since a large number of women makes it unnecessary to employ wage laborers. Source: Internet
Abraham, Mende Government, p 15. In these years the political system was that each large village along with its satellite villages and settlements would be headed by a chief. Source: Internet
Abraham, Mende Government, p 30. He cites British Colonial Office 267/344/60 report by Lalonde, 1881. Source: Internet
Also the DFG research project installed after the Mende request was not helpful. Source: Internet
Dehler's role as Group Chairman took over after the election of the national set very Erich Mende. Source: Internet
Fyfe, p 541; Abraham, Mende Government, Chapter III. Source: Internet