Mende
See also: mende, mendę, -mende, and -mènde
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛndi/
Noun
Mende pl (plural only)
- A large West African ethnic group, speakers of the Mende language, living primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Translations
West African ethnic group
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Proper noun
Mende
- The language of the Mende people.
Translations
language
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Adjective
Mende (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Mende people.
- Of or pertaining to the Mende language.
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Mende terms
Mende people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Mende language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethnologue entry for Mande, men
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Mende.
Proper noun
Mende (plural Mendes)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mende is the 34272nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 662 individuals. Mende is most common among White (79.15%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.12%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mende”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 573.
- Mende (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Proper noun
Mende
- A commune, the capital of the Lozère department, Occitanie, France.
Anagrams
- Emden, Meden, emend
Latin
Alternative forms
- Mendae
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μένδη (Méndē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.deː/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪eː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.de/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪e]
Proper noun
Mendē f sg (genitive Mendēs); first declension
- A town of Chalcidice, colony of Eretria
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Mendē |
| Genitive | Mendēs |
| Dative | Mendae |
| Accusative | Mendēn |
| Ablative | Mendē |
| Vocative | Mendē |
| Locative | Mendae |
References
- Mendae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Mende”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly