name
Alioune
ah-lee-OON
/ɑːliːˈuːn/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Alioune
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Wolof/Fula (Senegal/West Africa)
- Meaning
- West African form of Ali; exalted; noble
- Gender
- male
Pronunciation tips
The Wolof/Fula form of Arabic 'Ali' (exalted/noble); name of Alioune Diop, pioneering publisher who founded Présence Africaine in Paris (1947), the most important Pan-African literary journal; the '-oune' ending is characteristic Wolof phonology
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