Mende

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛndi/

Mende pl (plural only)

1. A large West African ethnic group, speakers of the Mende language, living primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Mende

1. The language of the Mende people.

Mende (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Mende people.
2. Of or pertaining to the Mende language.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mende terms
• Mende people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mende language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Mande, men ⁠

Borrowed from German Mende.

Mende (plural Mendes)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mende is the 34272^nd 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.

• 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

Mende

1. A commune, the capital of the Lozère department, Occitanie, France.

• Emden, Meden, emend

• Mendae

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μένδη (Méndē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.deː/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.de/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪e]

Mendē f sg (genitive Mendēs); first declension

1. A town of Chalcidice, colony of Eretria

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

• 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