name
Gaoussou
gow-SOO
ɡaʊˈsuːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Gaossou
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Soninke (West Africa)
- Meaning
- a Soninke masculine name of Arabic origin meaning exalted or highly praised, a West African adaptation of the Arabic Qasim or a local form connected with the Arabic root for elevation and honour; the Soninke are the founding people of the ancient Ghana Empire (not the modern state), one of the great trans-Saharan trade empires that flourished between the sixth and eleventh centuries CE, and names evoking divine praise and honour reflect the deep Islamisation of Soninke society that occurred through their central position in gold and salt trade networks linking sub-Saharan Africa to the Arab world
- Gender
- male
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