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mbubb
Wolof · traditional
"a loose, flowing robe"
named the loose, ankle-length robe worn across the Sahel
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boubou
French · 1800s-1900s
"a flowing West African robe"
respelled in French as colonial Senegal adopted the Wolof term for the garment
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boubou
English · 1900s
"a loose, flowing West African robe or caftan"
entered English fashion vocabulary describing the same flowing West African garment
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