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Lehar Region, the Glossary

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The Lehar (Serer & Laalaa: Laah or Laa, other variants: Lâ, Léhar, Laha or Laha) is an area in the western part of Senegal, located in north of Thies.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: Baol, Genealogy, Geography of Senegal, Joof family, Kingdom of Sine, Laalaa language, Lamane Jegan Joof, Maad a Sinig, Maad Ndaah Njemeh Joof, Noon language, Saloum, Senegal, Serer language, Serer people, Serer-Laalaa, Serer-Noon, Teigne, Thiès Region, Tukar, Ursulines.

  2. Geography of Senegal
  3. Thiès Region

Baol

Baol or Bawol was a kingdom in what is now central Senegal.

See Lehar Region and Baol

Genealogy

Genealogy is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages.

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Geography of Senegal

Senegal is a coastal West African nation located 14 degrees north of the equator and 14 degrees west of the Prime Meridian.

See Lehar Region and Geography of Senegal

Joof family

Joof (English spelling in the Gambia) or Diouf (French spelling in Senegal and Mauritania) is a surname that is typically Serer. This surname is also spelt Juuf or Juf (in the Serer language). Though there are multiple spellings for this surname, they all refer to the same people. The differences in spelling came about because Senegal was colonized by France, while the Gambia was colonized by the United Kingdom.

See Lehar Region and Joof family

Kingdom of Sine

The Kingdom of Sine (or Siin in Serer, variations: Sin or Siine) was a post-classical Serer kingdom along the north bank of the Saloum River delta in modern Senegal. The inhabitants are called Siin-Siin or Sine-Sine (a Serer plural form or Serer-demonym, e.g. Bawol-Bawol and Saloum-Saloum / Saluum-Saluum, inhabitants of Baol and Saloum respectively).

See Lehar Region and Kingdom of Sine

Laalaa language

Lehar or Laalaa (in their language) is one of the Cangin languages spoken in Senegal in the Laa Region (Lehar Region), north of Thies as well as the Tambacounda area.

See Lehar Region and Laalaa language

Lamane Jegan Joof

Lamane Jegan Joof (English spelling in the Gambia, Lamane Djigan Diouf French spelling in Senegal, also: Ndigan Dieye Diouf, Djigan Diouf, Laman Jegaan Juuf or Jegaan Jaay Juuf in Serer language), was a Serer lamane who according to Serer tradition founded the Serer village of Tukar now part of present-day Senegal.

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Maad a Sinig

Maad a Sinig (variations: Mad a Sinig, 'Maad Sine, Maat Sine, Bour Sine, Bur Sine, etc.) means king of Sine.

See Lehar Region and Maad a Sinig

Maad Ndaah Njemeh Joof

Maad Ndaah Njemeh Joof (Serer: Maad Ndaah Njeeme Juuf or Mad Ndaah Njeeme Juuf) is one of the patriarchs of the Joof family, himself the medieval King of Laah (or Lâ) in Baol now part of independent Senegal.

See Lehar Region and Maad Ndaah Njemeh Joof

Noon language

Noon (Non, None, Serer-Noon, Serer-Non) is a Cangin language of Senegal spoken in the Thiès region (14°47'0"N / 16°55'0"W).

See Lehar Region and Noon language

Saloum

The Kingdom of Saloum (Serer: Saluum or Saalum) was a Serer kingdom in present-day Senegal as well as parts of Gambia, then called Lower Saluum.

See Lehar Region and Saloum

Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.

See Lehar Region and Senegal

Serer language

Serer, often broken into differing regional dialects such as Serer-Sine and Serer saloum, is a language of the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo family spoken by 1.2 million people in Senegal and 30,000 in the Gambia as of 2009.

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Serer people

The Serer people are a West African ethnoreligious group.

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Serer-Laalaa

The Serer-Laalaa or Laalaa are part of the Serer ethnic group of Senegambia (Senegal and the Gambia).

See Lehar Region and Serer-Laalaa

Serer-Noon

The Serer-Noon also called Noon (sometimes spelt Non or None) are an ethnic people who occupy western Senegal.

See Lehar Region and Serer-Noon

Teigne

Teigne (Serer:Teeñ, Teñ or Teen; variation: Teign, Tègne, Tin, or Tinou) was a Serer title for the monarchs of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Baol, now part of present-day Senegal.

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Thiès Region

Thiès is a region of western Senegal.

See Lehar Region and Thiès Region

Tukar

Tukar (Serer: A Tukaar, other variations: Toukar or Toucar) a large village in Senegal.

See Lehar Region and Tukar

Ursulines

The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula.

See Lehar Region and Ursulines

See also

Geography of Senegal

Thiès Region

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehar_Region

Also known as Laah.