Bagirmi

noun

Ba·​gir·​mi

bəˈgirmē

plural Bagirmi or Bagirmis

1

a

: a people living southeast of Lake Chad in the central Sudan

b

: a member of such people

2

: a Central Sudanic language of the Bagirmi people

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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