Sande

noun

San·​de

ˈsän(ˌ)dā

plural -s

: a Liberia and Sierra Leone secret custom by which young girls are secluded in a separate camp for a variable period of months and trained in the duties and responsibilities of adult society

Word History

Etymology

Mende sāne¹

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