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528:language, or alternatively from Amharic.
468:– Possibly a latinization "thiape", the
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861:introducing
719:mumbo jumbo
691:kwashiorkor
573:, possibly
371:, meaning "
348:"elephant")
179:– probably
159:August 2008
1469:Categories
1453:Polynesian
1405:Portuguese
1089:star names
844:references
825:References
260:Portuguese
207:chimpanzee
148:incomplete
130:placenames
68:newspapers
31:This list
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1330:Norwegian
1309:Australia
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806:"spirit")
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701:Marímbula
526:Congolese
387:enclosure
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1059:Americas
684:through
653:, Temne
632:Mandinka
617:"insect"
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240:Kimbundu
1428:Oceania
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766:– Fula
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454:– from
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309:– from
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287:– from
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82:scholar
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1318:German
1256:Celtic
1215:Polish
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1028:Africa
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816:, Twi
686:Gullah
669:juke,
641:djembe
612:Yoruba
600:Ibibio
592:buckra
587:boungu
578:banana
567:banana
561:Tuareg
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532:zombie
509:Ubuntu
500:ubuntu
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483:tsetse
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470:Tswana
447:Arabic
443:travel
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401:makaku
346:nzamba
321:isango
307:indaba
285:impala
258:, via
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220:dengue
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892:Notes
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793:vodou
780:tamgu
774:tango
768:sambo
764:sambo
759:ókùrù
735:obeah
729:Kongo
695:Ghana
625:Temne
583:bongo
575:Wolof
536:zumbi
522:zebra
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