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Jollof

2 stages from Wolof to English.

Today it means a popular West African dish of rice cooked in a spiced tomato sauce
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Jolof
Wolof · medieval
"the Jolof Empire"
named for the historic Jolof Empire of West Africa
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jollof
English · 1900s
"a spiced West African rice dish"
adopted directly for the popular West African spiced rice dish
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